Shop

imp.	1.	imp. of Shape. Shaped.
n.	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.
	3.	A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; - sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk shop at a party. Also used attributively, as in shop talk.
	4.	(Slang) A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;
	5.	Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.
	6.	the group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop. 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.
v. i.	1.	To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. [imp. & p. p. Shopped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shopping.] He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. - Byron.

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

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