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What (who) is SHOPS - definition
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Shops; Shoppe; Shop (disambiguation); SHOP
shop
n.
1.
Store.
2.
Workshop.
Shop
·- imp. of Shape. Shaped.
II. Shop ·vi To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
III. Shop ·add. ·noun Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, ·etc.
IV. Shop ·noun A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.
V. Shop ·add. ·noun A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;.
VI. Shop ·noun A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, ·etc., are sold by retail.
VII. Shop ·add. ·noun any of the various places of business which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor, broker, ·etc.
VIII. Shop ·add. ·noun A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, ·etc.;
- generally in deprecation.
shop
I
n.
store
1) to manage, operate a shop
2) an antique shop; barbershop (esp. AE), barber's shop (BE); bookshop; butcher (AE), butcher's (BE); chemist's (BE); duty-free; gift; novelty; pastry shop; sweetshop (BE); thrift; toy shop
3) a draper's shop (BE; AE has dry-goods store)
4) at, in (she works in a shop)
workshop
5) a beauty (esp. AE); body; machine; paint; printing shop
place of work
6) a closed shop ('firm that hires only union members')
7) an open shop ('firm that hires union members and non-union members')
8) a union shop ('firm that hires only workers who will join the union if they are not already members')
misc.
9) to close down (a) shop ('to stop operations'); to set up shop ('to begin operations'); to talk shop ('to discuss one's work while not at work'); a coffee shop (AE; BE has coffee bar); a betting shop (BE; CE has book-maker's)
USAGE NOTE: Shop and store are CE. In BE, store tends to be used for a very large retail establishment (department store) and shop for the others (bookshop, sweetshop). In AE, store is used for all, regardless of size (department store, book store, candy store). However, AE can also use shop for a small specialized store (bookshop, millinery shop).
II
v.
1) (D; intr.) to shop for (to shop for food)
2) (misc.) to go shopping; let's go window shopping; to shop smb. to the police (BE; slang) ('to inform on smb. to the police')
Examples of use of SHOPS
1. "The shops here now are just like the shops abroad.
2. Small shops and corner shops can open when they like.
3. Besides seven gourmet chocolate and ice cream shops, the Bonbon Bandit is suspected of robbing gift shops, stationery shops, a dry cleaner‘s and a candle store.
4. "After they blew up all the clothes shops there, they started blowing up grocery shops, and now they have moved on to shops selling watches.
5. The group said attacks on girls‘ schools, video shops and barber shops had grown.