shop

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)

   I built a birdhouse in shop

2. 2
   noun

   a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

   They bought it at a shop on the beach.

3. 3
   verb

   do one's shopping

   I shop every Friday when there are good deals to be had.

4. 4
   noun

   An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

   From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter.

5. 5
   noun

   A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.

   A tailor called me in his shop.

6. 6
   noun

   A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.

   The car's in the shop right now.

7. 7
   noun

   Discussion of business or professional affairs.

   What struck me about the occasion was the quiet though cheerful tone of the gathering, the restraint, noticeable also in the very few speeches. Chemistry was taboo, by common consent — no "shop" allowed.

8. 8
   noun

   An establishment where a barber or beautician works.

   a barber shop

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skup- Old English scoppa Middle English shoppe English shop From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“spade, kick”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic). The verb is denominal. The noun senses “act of shopping”, “purchased items” are backformed from the verb.