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Shop (noun)
An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
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Shop (noun)
A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
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Shop (noun)
A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
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Shop (noun)
Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
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Shop (noun)
A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
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Shop (noun)
An establishment where a barber or beautician works.
“a barber shop”
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Shop (noun)
An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
“This is where I do my weekly shop.”
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Shop (noun)
Discussion of business or professional affairs.
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Shop (verb)
To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
“I went shopping early before the Christmas rush.”
“He’s shopping for clothes.”
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Shop (verb)
To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).
“Shop our new arrivals.”
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Shop (verb)
To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
“He shopped his mates in to the police.”
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Shop (verb)
Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
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Shop (interjection)
Used to attract the services of a shop assistant
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Stall (noun)
A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.
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Stall (noun)
A stable; a place for cattle.
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Stall (noun)
A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
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Stall (noun)
A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market.
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Stall (noun)
A very small room used for a shower or a toilet.
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Stall (noun)
A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
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Stall (noun)
Loss of lift due to an airfoil’s critical angle of attack being exceeded.
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Stall (noun)
An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.
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Stall (noun)
A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.
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Stall (noun)
A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.
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Stall (noun)
A sheath to protect the finger.
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Stall (noun)
The space left by excavation between pillars.
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Stall (noun)
A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.
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Stall (noun)
An action that is intended to cause or actually causes delay.
“His encounters with security, reception, the secretary, and the assistant were all stalls until the general manager’s attorney arrived.”
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Stall (verb)
To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.
“to stall an ox”
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Stall (verb)
To fatten.
“to stall cattle”
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Stall (verb)
To come to a standstill.
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Stall (verb)
To cause to stop making progress, to hinder, to slow down, to delay or forestall.
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Stall (verb)
To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.
“to stall a cart”
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Stall (verb)
To stop suddenly.
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Stall (verb)
To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car to stop by going to slowly for the selected gear.
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Stall (verb)
To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in total loss of lift.
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Stall (verb)
To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.
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Stall (verb)
To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.
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Stall (verb)
To be tired of eating, as cattle.
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Stall (verb)
To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.
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Stall (verb)
To forestall; to anticipate.
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Stall (verb)
To keep close; to keep secret.
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Stall (verb)
To employ delaying tactics against.
“He stalled the creditors as long as he could.”
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Stall (verb)
To employ delaying tactics.
“Soon it became clear that she was stalling to give him time to get away.”