shop

1. 1

   An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.countableuncountable

   • From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter.
2. 2

   A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.countableuncountable

   • A tailor called me in his shop.
   • I just left Dannemora and the same thing is happening here at Auburn prison […] They don't want to put me in the plate shop or let me have a good paying job.
3. 3

   A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.countableuncountable

   • The car's in the shop right now.
4. 4

   Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.countableuncountable

5. 5

   Discussion of business or professional affairs.figurativelyuncountable

   • What struck me about the occasion was the quiet though cheerful tone of the gathering, the restraint, noticeable also in the very few speeches. Chemistry was taboo, by common consent — no "shop" allowed.
   • But Mary cut her short. "We don't allow shop at tea, Sally," she said firmly.
6. 6

   A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skills.countableuncountable

7. 7

   An establishment where a barber or beautician works.countableuncountable

   • a barber shop
8. 8

   An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.countableuncountable

   • This is where I do my weekly shop.
9. 9

   The collective items bought (or to be bought) on a shopping trip.UKcolloquialcountable

   • I’ve got a big shop, so feel free to go in front.

syn. retail outlet · store · metal shop · metalwork · machine shop

1. 1

   To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.intransitive

   • Why don’t you come shopping for gifts with me, early before the Christmas rush?
   • He’s (gone) shopping for clothes.
2. 2

   To browse or purchase products from (a catalog, an internet website, etc.), mostly from home.transitive

   • Shop our new arrivals.
3. 3

   To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.UKslangtransitive

   • He shopped his mates in to the police.
4. 4

   To imprison.UKslangtransitive

5. 5

   To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.Internettransitive

6. 6

   To dismiss from employment.archaicslangtransitive

7. 7

   To investigate or evaluate as a mystery shopper.colloquialtransitive

   • A grocery clerk who, after he had been "shopped" on occasions, was discharged because he had admitted that on one occasion he had not rung up a sale immediately after the transaction, as required by the company rule, but had recorded it lat
8. 8

   To pitch (a book, script, etc.) to a publisher or studio.transitive

1. 1

   Used to attract the services of a shop assistantdated