Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shop \Shop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Shopping}.]
To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go
shopping. --Byron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shop \Shop\, obs.
imp. of {Shape}. Shaped. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shop \Shop\, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a
storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a
shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG.
scopf.]
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.
Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as,
shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief;
shop window, or shop-window, etc.
{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. [Colloq.]
Syn: Store; warehouse. See {Store}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shop \Shop\, n.
1. A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like,
as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.;
-- generally in deprecation.
2. A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's
shop; also, (Slang), any of the various places of business
which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor,
broker, etc.
3. Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.
[Slang, Chiefly Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shop
n 1: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or
services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" [syn: {store}]
2: small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
[syn: {workshop}]
v 1: do one's shopping
2: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
client of [syn: {patronize}, {patronise}, {shop at}, {buy
at}, {frequent}, {sponsor}] [ant: {boycott}, {boycott}]
3: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm
just browsing" [syn: {browse}]
4: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: {denounce}, {tell
on}, {betray}, {give away}, {rat}, {grass}, {peach}, {shit},
{snitch}, {stag}]
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