Shop | Mean of shop in English Dictionary

/ˈʃɑːp/

• Noun
• a building or room where goods and services are sold
1. (US + Brit) a gift/sandwich/doughnut/flower shop
2. (US + Brit) an antique shop [=(US) store]
3. (US + Brit) a pet/card shop [=(US, more commonly) store]
4. (Brit) a computer shop [=(US + Brit) store]
5. (Brit) a hardware shop [=(US + Brit) store]
6. (Brit) The shops [=(US) stores] are always crowded around the holiday season.
7. (Brit) I'm going to the shops this afternoon. [=(US) I'm going shopping this afternoon; I'm going to stores to look at and buy things]
• the place where a specified kind of worker works
1. (US) the butcher shop = (Brit) the butcher's shop
2. (Brit) a chemist's shop [=(US) drugstore]
• a place for making or repairing goods, machinery, vehicles, etc.
1. a repair shop
2. I took the car to the shop to get new brakes.

• a class in school in which students are taught to work with tools and machinery
1. I am taking shop this semester.
2. I made a table in shop.
• a room in which a shop class is taught
1. The wood/metal shop is down the hall.
• talk that is related to or about your work or special interests
1. They are always talking shop.
• the activity of shopping for food or other things that are needed regularly
1. I did my weekly shop. [=(US) (grocery/food) shopping]
• all over the place
• to start a business or activity in a particular place
1. The restaurant set up shop three blocks from here.
2. He moved to France, where he set up shop as a writer.
3. I set up shop in the living room and made phone calls all afternoon.
• Verb
• to visit places where goods are sold in order to look at and buy things
1. Where do you like to shop?
2. I like to shop at locally owned stores.
3. They shopped all day. = They spent the day shopping.
4. She is shopping for a new car.
5. He is out shopping.
6. Many people now shop online.
7. (US) They shopped the store(s) in search of gift ideas. [=looked throughout the store(s) for a gift to buy]
• to try to get a company to publish or produce (something)
1. She's shopping her idea for a film.
2. He shopped his manuscript around, but no publishers were interested.
• to give information about the secret or criminal activity of (someone) to an authority (such as the police)
1. His own mother shopped him to the police.
• to visit several different places where a thing is sold in order to find the most suitable item or service for the lowest price
1. She is shopping around for a new car.
2. Shop around first before you buy a car.
3. She is shopping around for a bank with low fees.