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shop
(shŏp)n.
1. also shoppe A small retail store or a specialty department in a large store.
2. An atelier; a studio.
3. A place for manufacturing or repairing goods or machinery.
4. A commercial or industrial establishment: a printing shop.
5. A business establishment; an office or a center of activity.
6. A home workshop.
7.
a. A schoolroom fitted with machinery and tools for instruction in industrial arts.
b. The industrial arts as a technical science or course of study.
v. shopped, shop·ping, shops
v.intr.
1. To visit stores in search of merchandise or bargains.
2. To look for something with the intention of acquiring it.
v.tr.
Phrasal Verb: To visit or buy from (a particular store).
shop around
Idiom: 1. To go from store to store in search of merchandise or bargains.
2. To look for something, such as a better job.
3. To offer (a large block of common stock, for example) for sale to various parties: "[The company] is now actively being shopped around, with a prospectus in circulation" (Marianne Yen).
talk shop
To talk about one's work.
[Middle English shoppe, from Old English sceoppa, treasure house.]
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shop
(ʃɒp)n
1. (Commerce) a place, esp a small building, for the retail sale of goods and services
2. an act or instance of shopping, esp household shopping: the weekly shop.
3. a place for the performance of a specified type of work; workshop
4. all over the shop informal
a. in disarray: his papers were all over the shop.
b. in every direction: I've searched for it all over the shop.
5. (Commerce) shut up shop
a. to close business at the end of the day or permanently
b. to become defensive or inactive
6. talk shop to speak about one's work, esp when meeting socially, sometimes with the effect of excluding those not similarly employed
vb, shops, shopping or shopped
7. (often foll by: for) to visit a shop or shops in search of (goods) with the intention of buying them
8. (tr) slang chiefly Brit to inform on or betray, esp to the police
[Old English sceoppa stall, booth; related to Old High German scopf shed, Middle Dutch schoppe stall]
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shop
(ʃɒp)n., v. shopped, shop•ping. n.
1. a retail store, esp. a small one.
2. a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods.
3. the workshop of an artisan.
4. a place for doing specific, skilled manual work; workshop: a carpenter's shop.
5. any factory, office, or business.
6.
v.i. a. a school course in a trade, as carpentry or printing, in which the use of tools is taught.
b. a classroom in which such a course is given.
7. to visit shops and stores for the purpose of purchasing or examining goods.
8. to purchase goods through the mail or by telephone.
9. to search; hunt (often fol. by for): I'm shopping for a safe investment.
v.t. 10. to shop at (a particular store or stores).
Idioms: talk shop, to converse about a shared trade, profession, or business.
[1250–1300; (n.), Old English sceoppa booth, c. Old High German scopf lean-to]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
shop
- chippy - A shop that sells fish and chips can be called a chippy.
- odditorium - A shop for oddities or oddments (broken parts or parts of once-complete sets).
- shop, store - At first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred.
- stationer - A bookseller who had a regular "station" or shop at a university, unlike most booksellers, who were itinerant vendors.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
magazine
– shop1. 'magazine'
A magazine is a collection of articles, photographs, and advertisements published every week or every month.
Her face was on the cover of every magazine.
Tanya read a magazine while she waited.
2. 'shop'
Don't use 'magazine' to refer to a building or part of a building where things are sold. The word you use is shop or store.
There is a row of shops on the High Street.
shop
– storeIn British English, a building or part of a building where goods are sold is usually called a shop.
Are there any shops near here?
In American English, this kind of building is usually called a store, and shop is only used to mean a very small store that has just one type of goods.
Mom has gone to the store.
I got it from a little antiques shop in Princeton.
In British English, very large shops are sometimes called stores.
They've opened a new DIY store on the outskirts of town.
In both British and American English, a large shop that has separate departments selling different types of goods is called a department store.
She works in the furnishings department of a large department store.
1. 'shop' used as a verb
Shop can also be a verb. When people shop, they go to shops and buy things.
I usually shop on Saturdays.
2. 'shopping'
You usually say that someone goes shopping, rather than that they 'shop'.
They went shopping after lunch.
When someone goes to the shops to buy things that they need regularly, such as food, you say that they do the shopping or do their shopping.
Who's going to do the shopping?
She went to the next town to do her shopping.
Shopping can be used without 'do' or 'go' to refer to the activity of buying things from shops.
I don't like shopping.
Shopping can also refer to the things that someone has just bought from a shop or shops.
She put her shopping away in the kitchen.
Shopping is an uncountable noun. Don't talk about 'a shopping' or someone's 'shoppings'.
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Past participle: shopped
Gerund: shopping
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| Noun | 1. |  shop - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop - a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold barbershop - a shop where men can get their hair cut betting shop - a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track bodega - a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries booth - a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment boutique, dress shop - a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry building supply house, building supply store - a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures butcher shop, meat market - a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold canteen - sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc. chain store - one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise cleaners, dry cleaners - shop where dry cleaning is done commissary - a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) computer store - a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user convenience store - a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmacy - a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold gift shop, novelty shop - a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts hardware store, ironmonger's shop, ironmonger - a store selling hardware; "in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop" head shop - a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users; "he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop" junk shop - a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods outfitter - a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose; "an outfitter provided everything needed for the safari" liquor store, off-licence, package store - a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere loan office, pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop - a shop where loans are made with personal property as security perfumery - store where perfumes are sold pet shop - a shop where pet animals can be purchased fix-it shop, repair shop - a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty shop, salon - a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work shopfront, storefront - the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows specialty store - a store that sells only one kind of merchandise second-hand store, thriftshop - a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices tobacco shop, tobacconist shop, tobacconist - a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes toyshop - shop where toys are sold |
| 2. | shop - small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done bindery - a workshop where books are bound bookbindery - a bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books brickfield, brickyard - a place where bricks are made and sold chop shop - a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts dye-works - a workshop where dyeing is done machine shop - workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools pottery - a workshop where clayware is made print shop, printing shop - a workplace where printing is done saddlery - workshop where a saddler works sheltered workshop - a workshop that offers jobs to members of the physically or developmentally disabled population turnery - workshop where objects are made on a lathe | |
| 3. |  shop - a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop"course, course of instruction, course of study, class - education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" | |
| Verb | 1. | shop - do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" market - buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday" |
| 2. | shop - do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of | |
| 3. | shop - shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) surf, browse - look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" comparison-shop - compare prices for a given item antique - shop for antiques; "We went antiquing on Saturday" window-shop - examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only | |
| 4. |  shop - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" sell out - give information that compromises others |
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shop
noun
1. store, market, supermarket, mart, boutique, emporium, hypermarket It's not available in the shops.
verb
1. go shopping, buy things, do the shopping, go to the shops customers who shop once a week
2. (Brit. informal) betray, grass on (Brit. slang), inform on or against, sell out (informal), double-cross (informal), stab in the back, sell down the river (informal), grass up (slang), put the finger on (informal) Fraudsters are often shopped by honest friends and neighbours.
all over the shop everywhere, all over, all around, the world over, high and low, in each place, in every nook and cranny, ubiquitously, far and wide or near, to or in every place This gave him the freedom to make trouble all over the shop.
shop around search, look, hunt, cast around, leave no stone unturned, scout about, look high and low He shopped around for a firm that would be flexible.
shut up shop (Brit.) close down, shut down, cease trading, wind up a business, discontinue trading They shut up shop and fled the country.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
shop
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
دُكّان، حانوتمَحَلّمَشْغَل، وَرْشَهيَتَسَوَّق
nakupovatobchodprodejnadílnakrám
butikshoppeværkstedforretninghandle
butiko
pood
kauppamyymälä
dućanradionicatrgovina
bevásárolboltműhelyüzletvásárol
toko
búî, verslunverkstæîiversla
店
상점
officinataberna
parduotuvėparduotuvės savininkasparduotuvių rajonaspirkiniaivagiliavimas parduotuvėse
cehsiepirktiespirktveikals
magazin
kupovaťnakupovať
kupovatiprodajalnatrgovina
affärbutikkioskmagasin
ร้าน
cửa hàng
shop
[ʃɒp]A. N
1. (Comm) (= store) → tienda f; (= workshop) → taller m
the shops → las tiendas, los comercios
he's just gone (round) to the shops → acaba de salir a comprar
it's not available in the shops → no se encuentra or se comercializa en las tiendas
shop! (o.f.) → ¿quién despacha?
butcher's shop → carnicería f
a repair shop → un taller de reparaciones
to set up shop → montar un negocio, establecerse
to shut up shop → cerrar
to talk shop → hablar de trabajo, hablar de negocios
all over the shop → en or por todas partes
see also barber, betting B
see also flower C
see also sweet C
see also video C
the shops → las tiendas, los comercios
he's just gone (round) to the shops → acaba de salir a comprar
it's not available in the shops → no se encuentra or se comercializa en las tiendas
shop! (o.f.) → ¿quién despacha?
butcher's shop → carnicería f
a repair shop → un taller de reparaciones
to set up shop → montar un negocio, establecerse
to shut up shop → cerrar
to talk shop → hablar de trabajo, hablar de negocios
all over the shop → en or por todas partes
see also barber, betting B
see also flower C
see also sweet C
see also video C
B. VI → comprar, hacer las compras
I hate shopping in supermarkets → odio hacer (las) compras en los supermercados
to go shopping → ir de compras or de tiendas
I hate shopping in supermarkets → odio hacer (las) compras en los supermercados
to go shopping → ir de compras or de tiendas
C. VT (= inform on) → delatar
D. CPD shop assistant N (Brit) → dependiente/a m/f, empleado/a m/f de una tienda
shop floor N (lit) → taller m; (bigger) → planta f de producción
to work on the shop floor → trabajar en la producción, ser obrero/a de la producción
the shop floor (workers) → los obreros
shop front N → fachada f de la tienda
shop steward N (Ind) → enlace mf sindical
shop talk N → charla f sobre el trabajo
shop window N → escaparate m, vitrina f, vidriera f (S. Cone)
shop floor N (lit) → taller m; (bigger) → planta f de producción
to work on the shop floor → trabajar en la producción, ser obrero/a de la producción
the shop floor (workers) → los obreros
shop front N → fachada f de la tienda
shop steward N (Ind) → enlace mf sindical
shop talk N → charla f sobre el trabajo
shop window N → escaparate m, vitrina f, vidriera f (S. Cone)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
shop
[ˈʃɒp] n
(mainly British) (= store) → magasin m
a sports shop → un magasin de sports
to set up shop (= start a business) → s'établir, s'installer
to shut up shop (British) (= close) (permanently) → fermer boutique; (at the end of the day) → fermer la boutique
all over the shop (British) (= everywhere) → partout
to talk shop → parler boutique
a sports shop → un magasin de sports
to set up shop (= start a business) → s'établir, s'installer
to shut up shop (British) (= close) (permanently) → fermer boutique; (at the end of the day) → fermer la boutique
all over the shop (British) (= everywhere) → partout
to talk shop → parler boutique
(British) (= shopping) → courses fpl
to do the weekly shop → faire les courses pour la semaine
to do a big shop → acheter plein de choses
to do the weekly shop → faire les courses pour la semaine
to do a big shop → acheter plein de choses
(= workshop) → atelier m repair shop
modif [worker, manager, staff] → dans un magasin; [owner] → d'un magasin; [doorway, display, front] → de magasin; [prices] → du commerce
Her father was a shop manager → Son père était gérant dans un magasin.
a cafe used by shop workers on their lunch break → un café fréquenté par les employés des magasins à la pause de midi
Her father was a shop manager → Son père était gérant dans un magasin.
a cafe used by shop workers on their lunch break → un café fréquenté par les employés des magasins à la pause de midi
vi
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
shop
n
(esp Brit) → Geschäft nt, → Laden m; (= large store) → Kaufhaus nt; I have to go to the shops → ich muss einkaufen gehen; shop! → Bedienung!; to set up shop → ein Geschäft or einen Laden eröffnen; to shut up or close up shop → zumachen, schließen; you’ve come to the wrong shop (fig inf) → da sind Sie an der falschen Adresse; all over the shop (Brit inf) → in der ganzen Gegend herum (inf); to talk shop → über die or von der Arbeit reden; (esp of professional people) → fachsimpeln; no shop, please! → keine Fachsimpelei, bitte!
vi → einkaufen, Einkäufe machen; to go shopping → einkaufen gehen; we spend Saturday mornings shopping → samstags vormittags gehen wir einkaufen; shop at Macfarlane’s! → kaufen Sie bei Macfarlane!; to shop for fish → Fisch kaufen gehen
vt (Brit inf) to shop somebody (to somebody) → jdn (bei jdm) verpfeifen (inf)
shop
:shop assistant
n (esp Brit) → Verkäufer(in) m(f)
shopbreaker
n → Einbrecher(in) m(f)
shopbreaking
n → Ladeneinbruch m
shopfitter
n → Geschäftsausstatter(in) m(f)
shopfittings
pl → Ladeneinrichtungen pl
shop floor
n
(= place) → Produktionsstätte f; (for heavier work) → Werkstatt f; the manager’s son started off working on the shop → der Sohn des Direktors hat ganz unten in der Fabrik angefangen; on the shop → in der Werkstatt etc, bei or unter den Arbeitern
shop front
n (esp Brit) → Ladenfassade f
shopgirl
n (Brit) → Ladenmädchen nt
shopgrifting
n (US) die Praxis, etw zu kaufen und innerhalb von 30 Tagen gegen Gelderstattung wieder zurückzugeben
shop hours
pl (esp Brit) → Öffnungszeiten pl
shop-in-shop
n → Shop-in-Shop m
shopkeeper
n (esp Brit) → Ladenbesitzer(in) m(f), → Geschäftsinhaber(in) m(f); a nation of shops → ein Krämervolk nt
shoplifter
n → Ladendieb(in) m(f)
shoplifting
n → Ladendiebstahl m
shop
:shopsoiled
adj (Brit) clothes, furniture, wallpaper → angestaubt, angeschmutzt; goods, material → leicht beschädigt
shop steward
n → (gewerkschaftlicher) Vertrauensmann (im Betrieb)
shoptalk
shopwalker
n (Brit) → Aufsichtsperson f (form), → Aufsicht f
shop window
n (lit, fig) → Schaufenster nt
shopworn
adj goods, furniture etc → leicht beschädigt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
shop
[ʃɒp]1. n
a. (Comm) → negozio
at the baker's shop → in panetteria
to shut up shop → chiudere (fig) → chiudere bottega
to talk shop (fig) → parlare di lavoro
all over the shop (fig) (fam) → dappertutto
at the baker's shop → in panetteria
to shut up shop → chiudere (fig) → chiudere bottega
to talk shop (fig) → parlare di lavoro
all over the shop (fig) (fam) → dappertutto
2. vi (gen) → fare acquisti, fare compere; (for food) → fare la spesa
to go shopping → andare a fare lo shopping, andare a fare la spesa
I was shopping for a dress → cercavo un vestito
to go shopping → andare a fare lo shopping, andare a fare la spesa
I was shopping for a dress → cercavo un vestito
3. vt (fam) (betray) → tradire
shop around vi + adv (compare prices) → confrontare i prezzi (fig) (weigh up alternatives) → confrontare diverse possibilità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
shop
(ʃop) noun1. a place where goods are sold. a baker's shop.
2. a workshop, or a place where any kind of industry is carried on. a machine-shop.
verb – past tense, past participle shopped – (often go shopping) to visit shops for the purpose of buying. We shop on Saturdays; She goes shopping once a week.
ˈshopper noun1. a person who is shopping. The street was full of shoppers.
2. a large bag used when shopping.
ˈshopping noun1. the activity of buying goods in shops. Have you a lot of shopping to do?; (also adjective) a shopping-list.
2. the goods bought. He helped her carry her shopping home; (also adjective) a shopping-basket / bag.
shop assistant (American ˈsalesclerk, *clerk) a person employed in a shop to serve customers.
shop floor the workers in a factory or workshop, as opposed to the management.
ˈshopkeeper noun a person who runs a shop of his own.
ˈshoplifter noun a person who steals goods from a shop.
ˈshoplifting nounshopping centre
a place, often a very large building, where there is a large number of different shops.
shopping mall noun (also mall) (American) a shopping centre in which traffic is usually not allowed.
shop around to compare prices, quality of goods etc at several shops before buying anything.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
shop
→ مَحَلّ obchod butik Laden κατάστημα tienda kauppa magasin trgovina negozio 店 상점 winkel butikk sklep loja магазин affär ร้าน dükkan/mağaza cửa hàng 商店Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- Where is the nearest place to buy photographic equipment? (US)
Where is the nearest shop which sells photographic equipment? (UK) - Where is the nearest place to buy stamps? (US)
Where is the nearest shop which sells stamps? (UK) - Where is the nearest place to buy newspapers? (US)
Where is the nearest shop which sells newspapers? (UK) - Where is the nearest bike repair shop?
- Is there a repair shop near here? (US)
Is there a garage near here? (UK) - Could you give me a ride to the repair shop? (US)
Can you give me a lift to the garage? (UK) - Could you tow me to a repair shop? (US)
Can you tow me to a garage? (UK) - Where's the nearest repair shop for wheelchairs? (US)
Where is the nearest repair shop for wheelchairs? (UK)
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