shop

shop1 [ ʃap ] noun **

1. ) count a place where you buy things or where you pay for a service: STORE:

We ate lunch at a little coffee shop.

a copy/barber/pawn shop: I need to go to the pawn shop and to get my watch back.

a ) only before noun relating to a shop:

a shop window

=> BULL1

2. ) count a business where something is made or repaired:

an auto body shop

a shoe repair shop

Todd works in a machine shop.

3. ) uncount AMERICAN a school subject in which students learn to work with tools and machines

a ) count the classroom where students take shop courses

close (up) shop AMERICAN

1. ) to stop working at the end of the day:

You'll have to come back tomorrow I'm about to close up shop.

2. ) to close down a business:

They closed shop last January when a chain store opened nearby.

set up shop

1. ) to start a business, especially a business that involves selling things

2. ) INFORMAL to start an activity of any type

talk shop

to talk about your work, especially in a way that is boring for other people

shop

shop 2 [ ʃap ] verb intransitive **

to go to stores to look at and buy things:

shop at: I like to shop at the mall because there are so many stores to choose from.

a. AMERICAN to look for something that you want to buy:

shop for: Do you know anyone who's shopping for a good used car?

,shop a`round phrasal verb intransitive

to go to several stores before you decide what particular thing to buy:

shop around for: I'm shopping around for a new coat.

a. to consider several possibilities before making a choice about something you want:

shop around for: I think Sue's shopping around for a new boyfriend.