In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHOP
shop, store
(noun) a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; “he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod”
workshop, shop
(noun) small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
(verb) give away information about somebody; “He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam”
shop
(verb) do one’s shopping; “She goes shopping every Friday”
shop, browse
(verb) shop around; not necessarily buying; “I don’t need help, I’m just browsing”
patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor
(verb) do one’s shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shop (countable and uncountable, plural shops)
An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
An establishment where a barber or beautician works.
An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
(figurative, uncountable) Discussion of business or professional affairs.
Synonyms
• (establishment that sells goods): boutique, retail outlet, store (US); see also retail store
• (place where things are crafted): atelier, studio, workshop
• (automobile mechanic's workplace): garage
• (workplace): office, place of work, workplace
• (wood shop): carpentry, wood shop, woodwork
• (metal shop): metal shop, metalwork
Verb
shop (third-person singular simple present shops, present participle shopping, simple past and past participle shopped)
(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
(transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).
(transitive, slang, chiefly, UK) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
(transitive, slang, chiefly, UK) To imprison.
(transitive, internet slang) To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
Synonyms
• (to report a criminal to authority): grass up (slang)
Interjection
shop
(dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant
Anagrams
• Hosp., OHPs, PHOs, Posh, Soph, hops, hosp, phos, posh, soph
Source: Wiktionary
Shop, obs.
Definition: imp. of Shape. Shaped. Chaucer.
Shop, n. Etym: [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.
Shop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Shopping.]
Definition: To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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