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Meaning of shop

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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:
           {shop}, {store}]
      2: small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
         [syn: {workshop}, {shop}]
      3: a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or
         electricity); "I built a birdhouse in shop" [syn: {shop
         class}, {shop}]
      v 1: do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday"
      2: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
         client of [syn: {patronize}, {patronise}, {shop}, {shop at},
         {buy at}, {frequent}, {sponsor}] [ant: {boycott}]
      3: shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm
         just browsing" [syn: {shop}, {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}, {shit},
         {shop}, {snitch}, {stag}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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