26984 words

shop

21 definitions • 35 examples
1
a place where you can buy goods or services:

Examples:

a barber's/betting shop
I need to go to the shops - I've got no food in the house.
2
the act of shopping, especially of shopping for food and other things needed in the house:

Examples:

do the weekly shop I usually do the weekly shop on a Monday.
3
to be available to buy:

Examples:

His latest novel will be in the shops by Christmas.
4
a place where a particular type of thing is made or repaired:

Examples:

He runs a car repair shop.
5
6
to buy things in shops:

Examples:

I like to shop at second-hand shops for clothes.
shop for If I'm just shopping for food, I tend to go to the local supermarket.
7
to look at particular products with the intention of buying something:

Examples:

Here you can shop our range of luxurious beauty products.
For me the most important thing when I shop clothes is the price.
8
to look in a particular place in order to find something that you want to buy:

Examples:

About a million Canadians choose to shop our stores every day.
I shopped the sales looking for deals on sofas.
9
to give the police information about a criminal:

Examples:

shop someone to someone/something His ex-wife shopped him to the police.
10
to offer something for sale, especially to several different companies in the hope that one of them will buy it:

Examples:

be/get shopped to Your script gets shopped to literary agents and movie studios.
11
to look for and buy (things):

Examples:

We shop in malls because they’re convenient.
12
a place where a particular type of thing is made or repaired:

Examples:

a bicycle repair shop
I work in a machine shop making wire.
13
a place where you can buy goods or services; store:

Examples:

a gift shop
a barber shop
a coffee shop
14
a place where people go to buy things:

Examples:

For more great bargains, visit our online shop!
a book/clothes/shoe shop
15
a place where particular things are made or repaired:

Examples:

All our delivery bicycles are regularly checked in the repair shop.
16
be available for people to buy:

Examples:

Her new designs will be in the shops in the spring.
17
to manage or look after a business when its usual owner or manager is not there:

Examples:

While their fellow employees are getting time off, they are left to mind the shop.
18
to start doing business somewhere:

Examples:

Several European retailers have set up shop in the US.
19
to talk about things relating to your work when you are in a social situation, especially in a way that is not interesting to other people:

Examples:

I hate these dinners where everyone talks shop the whole time.
20
to buy things, especially from stores:

Examples:

The new shopping mall is designed for people who love to shop.
shop for sth She's always shopping for bargains.
We usually shop at the local supermarket.
shop with sb/sth Only shop with companies that offer a full after-sales service.
Most people go shopping at the weekend.
21
if you shop a company, you try to make people interested in buying it:

Examples:

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