shop : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shop	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for shop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shop n a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" Synonym(s): shop, store small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done Synonym(s): workshop, shop a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop" Synonym(s): shop class, shop v do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday" do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of Synonym(s): patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor Antonym(s): boycott shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" Synonym(s): shop, browse give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" Synonym(s): denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shop \Shop\, obs. imp. of {Shape}. Shaped. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shop \Shop\, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail. From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter. --Cowper. 2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop. A tailor called me in his shop. --Shak. Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop-window, etc. {To smell of the shop}, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession. {To talk shop}, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. [Colloq.] Syn: Store; warehouse. See {Store}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shop \Shop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shopping}.] To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shop \Shop\, n. 1. A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- generally in deprecation. 2. A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop; also, (Slang), any of the various places of business which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor, broker, etc. 3. Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc. [Slang, Chiefly Eng.]