shaping.
The action of the verb to shape.
Meaning & usage
The action of the verb to shape.
The action of the verb to shape. A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning.
The action of the verb to shape. The action of the metal-cutting machine called a shaper, which uses linear single-point cutting. It is largely but not entirely obsolete.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English schapynge, equivalent to shape + -ing.
present participle and gerund of shape
Where this word comes from
From Middle English shapinge, shapende, schapende, schappande, from Old English sċyppende, sċeppende, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjandī, from Proto-Germanic *skapjandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to form, shape, create”), equivalent to shape + -ing.
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