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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHOP, n.
1. A building in which goods, wares, drugs, etc. are sold by retail.
2. a building in which mechanics work, and where they keep their manufactures for sale.
Keep your shop, and your shop will keep you. Franklin.
SHOP, v.i. To visit shops for purchasing goods; used chiefly in the participle; as, the laky is shopping.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn: shop, store]
2: small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done [syn: workshop, shop]
3: a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop" [syn: shop class, shop] v
1: do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday"
2: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [syn: patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott]
3: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" [syn: shop, browse]
4: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English shoppe, from Old English sceoppa booth; akin to Old High German scopf shed Date: 14th century 1. a handicraft establishment ; atelier 2. a. a building or room stocked with merchandise for sale ; store b. (also shoppe) a small retail establishment or a department in a large one offering a specified line of goods or services <a millinery shop> <a sandwich shop> 3. a commercial establishment for the making or repair of goods or machinery <machine shop> <repair shop> 4. a. a school laboratory equipped for industrial arts education b. the art or science of working with tools and machinery 5. a. a business establishment ; office <a public relations shop> b. shoptalk <talking shop> II. verb (shopped; shopping) Date: 1764 intransitive verb 1. a. to examine goods or services with intent to buy b. to hunt through a market in search of the best buy 2. to make a search ; hunt <shopping around for a better idea> transitive verb 1. British to inform on ; betray 2. to examine the stock or offerings of <shop the stores for Christmas gift ideas> 3. to offer for consideration or acceptance; especially to offer for sale or in a trade — often used with around <shopping the manuscript around>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a building, room, etc., for the retail sale of goods or services (chemist's shop; betting-shop). 2 a place in which manufacture or repairing is done; a workshop (engineering-shop). 3 a profession, trade, business, etc., esp. as a subject of conversation (talk shop). 4 colloq. an institution, establishment, place of business, etc. --v. (shopped, shopping) 1 intr. a go to a shop or shops to buy goods. b US = window-shop. 2 tr. esp. Brit. sl. inform against (a criminal etc.). Phrases and idioms: all over the shop colloq. 1 in disorder (scattered all over the shop). 2 in every place (looked for it all over the shop). 3 wildly (hitting out all over the shop). set up shop establish oneself in business etc. shop around look for the best bargain. shop assistant Brit. a person who serves customers in a shop. shop-boy (or -girl) an assistant in a shop. shop-floor workers in a factory etc. as distinct from management. shop-soiled 1 (of an article) soiled or faded by display in a shop. 2 (of a person, idea, etc.) grubby; tarnished; no longer fresh or new. shop steward a person elected by workers in a factory etc. to represent them in dealings with management. shop-window 1 a display window in a shop. 2 an opportunity for displaying skills, talents, etc. shop-worn = shop-soiled. Derivatives: shopless adj. shoppy adj. Etymology: ME f. AF & OF eschoppe booth f. MLG schoppe, OHG scopf porch

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shop Shop, obs. imp. of Shape. Shaped. --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(shops, shopping, shopped) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A shop is a building or part of a building where things are sold. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use store) ...health food shops. ...a record shop... It's not available in the shops. = store N-COUNT 2. When you shop, you go to shops and buy things. He always shopped at the Co-op. ...some advice that's worth bearing in mind when shopping for a new carpet. ...customers who shop once a week. VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv, V • shopper (shoppers) ...crowds of Christmas shoppers. N-COUNT 3. You can refer to a place where a particular service is offered as a particular type of shop. ...the barber shop where Rodney sometimes had his hair cut. ...your local video shop. N-COUNT: n N 4. If you shop someone, you report them to the police for doing something illegal. (BRIT INFORMAL) His father was so disgusted to discover his son was dealing drugs he shopped him to police... Fraudsters are often shopped by honest friends and neighbours. VERB: V n to n, be V-ed 5. see also shopping, chip shop, coffee shop, corner shop, paper shop, pawn shop, print shop, sex shop, tea shop, talking shop, thrift shop 6. If something is happening all over the shop, it is happening in many different places or throughout a wide area. (BRIT INFORMAL) This gave them the freedom to make trouble all over the shop without fear of retribution. PHRASE: PHR after v 7. If you set up shop, you start a business. He set up shop as an independent PR consultant... PHRASE: V inflects 8. If you say that people are talking shop, you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work. If you hang around with colleagues all the time you just end up talking shop. PHRASE: V inflects

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Store. 2. Workshop.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A prison. Shopped; confined, imprisoned.

Moby Thesaurus

agency, atelier, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop, bench, betray, booking office, boutique, box office, branch, branch office, browse, butcher shop, buy, cabinet, chain store, chambers, chancellery, chancery, closet, co-op, company, concern, concession, consulate, cooperative, corporate headquarters, corporation, countinghouse, country store, den, department store, desk, dime store, discount house, discount store, embassy, emporium, establishment, executive office, facility, firm, five-and-ten, general store, go marketing, go shopping, headquarters, home office, house, inform against, inform on, installation, institution, legation, loft, look for, magasin, mail-order house, main office, market, mart, office, organization, outlet, parlor, post, purchase, research, retail store, salon, seek, showroom, snitch on, store, studio, study, supermarket, sweatshop, ticket office, trading post, variety shop, variety store, warehouse, wareroom, wholesale house, window-shop, work site, work space, workbench, workhouse, working space, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable