Shop — Defs

01 imp. imp. of Shape. Shaped.

02 n. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.

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.
3.
A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk shop at a party. Also used attributively, as in shop talk.
4.
A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;(Slang)
5.
Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.[Slang, Chiefly Eng.]
6.
the group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop.[Colloq.]

Phrases & compounds

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.

Syn. Store; warehouse. See Store.

03 v. i. To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

imp. & p. p. Shopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Shopping

1.
To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
“He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping.” — Byron.