Flower Definition–noun | 1. | the blossom of a plant. | | 2. | Botany. | a. | the part of a seed plant comprising the reproductive organs and their envelopes if any, esp. when such envelopes are more or less conspicuous in form and color. | | b. | an analogous reproductive structure in other plants, as the mosses. | | | 3. | a plant, considered with reference to its blossom or cultivated for its floral beauty. | | 4. | state of efflorescence or bloom: Peonies were in flower. | | 5. | an ornament representing a flower. | | 6. | Also called fleuron, floret. Printing. an ornamental piece of type, esp. a stylized floral design, often used in a line to decorate chapter headings, page borders, or bindings. | | 7. | an ornament or adornment. | | 8. | the finest or most flourishing period: Poetic drama was in flower in Elizabethan England. | | 9. | the best or finest member or part of a number, body, or whole: the flower of American youth. | | 10. | the finest or choicest product or example. | | 11. | flowers, (used with a singular verb ) Chemistry. a substance in the form of a fine powder, esp. as obtained by sublimation: flowers of sulfur. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to produce flowers; blossom; come to full bloom. | | 13. | to come out into full development; mature. | –verb (used with object) | 14. | to cover or deck with flowers. | | 15. | to decorate with a floral design. | |
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Shop Definition–noun | 1. | a retail store, esp. a small one. | | 2. | a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods: the ski shop at Smith's. | | 3. | the workshop of a craftsperson or artisan. | | 4. | the workshop of a person who works in a manual trade; place for doing specific, skilled manual work: a carpenter's shop. | | 5. | any factory, office, or business: Our ad agency is a well-run shop. | | 6. | Education. | a. | a course of instruction in a trade, as carpentry, printing, etc., consisting chiefly of training in the use of its tools and materials. | | b. | a classroom in which such a course is given. | | | 7. | one's trade, profession, or business as a subject of conversation or preoccupation. | –verb (used without object) | 8. | to visit shops and stores for purchasing or examining goods. | | 9. | to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale: Retail merchants often stock their stores by shopping in New York. | | 10. | to seek a bargain, investment, service, etc. (usually fol. by for): I'm shopping for a safe investment that pays good interest. | –verb (used with object) | 11. | to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale in or by: She's shopping the shoe stores this afternoon. | | 12. | Chiefly British Informal. | a. | to put into prison; jail. | | b. | to behave treacherously toward; inform on; betray. | | | 13. | Slang. to try to sell (merchandise or a project) in an attempt to obtain an order or contract. | –interjection | 14. | (used in a store, shop, etc., in calling an employee to wait on a customer.) | —Idioms | 15. | set up shop, to go into business; begin business operations: to set up shop as a taxidermist. | | 16. | shut up shop, | a. | to close a business temporarily, as at the end of the day. | | b. | to suspend business operations permanently: They couldn't make a go of it and had to shut up shop. | | | 17. | talk shop, to discuss one's trade, profession, or business: After dinner we all sat around the table and talked shop. | |
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