shop

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

shop, imp. 

 imp. of Shape. Shaped.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

shop, n. [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.].

•  A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.  [1913 Webster]

  "From shop to shop
  Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks
  The polished counter."  [1913 Webster]
•  A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.  [1913 Webster]

  "A tailor called me in his shop."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.
•  the group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop.

  " 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."  [1913 Webster]

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. 

 To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.  [1913 Webster]
"He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

shop, n. & v.
--n.
1 a building, room, etc., for the retail sale of goods or services (chemist's shop; betting-shop).
2 a place in which manufacture or repairing is done; a workshop (engineering-shop).
3 a profession, trade, business, etc., esp. as a subject of conversation (talk shop).
4 colloq. an institution, establishment, place of business, etc.
--v. (shopped, shopping)
1 intr. a go to a shop or shops to buy goods. b US = window-shop.
2 tr. esp. Brit. sl. inform against (a criminal etc.).

Idiom

all over the shop colloq.
1 in disorder (scattered all over the shop).
2 in every place (looked for it all over the shop).
3 wildly (hitting out all over the shop). set up shop establish oneself in business etc. shop around look for the best bargain. shop assistant Brit. a person who serves customers in a shop. shop-boy (or -girl) an assistant in a shop. shop-floor workers in a factory etc. as distinct from management.
shop-soiled
1 (of an article) soiled or faded by display in a shop.
2 (of a person, idea, etc.) grubby; tarnished; no longer fresh or new. shop steward a person elected by workers in a factory etc. to represent them in dealings with management.
shop-window
1 a display window in a shop.
2 an opportunity for displaying skills, talents, etc. shop-worn = shop-soiled.

Derivative

shopless adj. shoppy adj.

Etymology

ME f. AF & OF eschoppe booth f. MLG schoppe, OHG scopf porch

THESAURUS

shop

agency, atelier, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop, bench, betray, booking office, boutique, box office, branch, branch office, browse, butcher shop, buy, cabinet, chain store, chambers, chancellery, chancery, closet, co-op, company, concern, concession, consulate, cooperative, corporate headquarters, corporation, countinghouse, country store, den, department store, desk, dime store, discount house, discount store, embassy, emporium, establishment, executive office, facility, firm, five-and-ten, general store, go marketing, go shopping, headquarters, home office, house, inform against, inform on, installation, institution, legation, loft, look for, magasin, mail-order house, main office, market, mart, office, organization, outlet, parlor, post, purchase, research, retail store, salon, seek, showroom, snitch on, store, studio, study, supermarket, sweatshop, ticket office, trading post, variety shop, variety store, warehouse, wareroom, wholesale house, window-shop, work site, work space, workbench, workhouse, working space, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable

ROGET THESAURUS

shop

Workshop

N workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of business, manufactory, mill, plant, works, factory, cabinet, studio, office, branch office bureau, atelier, hive, hive of industry, nursery, hothouse, hotbed, kitchen, mint, forge, loom, dock, dockyard, alveary, armory, laboratory, lab, research institute, refinery, cannery, power plant, beauty parlor, beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery, usine, slip, yard, wharf, foundry, foundery, furnace, vineyard, crucible, alembic, caldron, matrix, at work, at the office, at the shop, working.

Purchase

VB buy, purchase, invest in, procure, rent, repurchase, buy in, keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn, pay, spend, make a purchase, complete a purchase, buy over the counter, shop, market, go shopping.

Mart

N mart, market, marketplace, fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall, tollbooth, customhouse, Tattersall's, stall, booth, stand, newsstand, cart, wagon, wharf, office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau, counter, compter, shop, emporium, establishment, store, department store, general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store, grindery warehouse, grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store, tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store, lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center, gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer, mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall, shopping street, surplus store, army-navy surplus store, auction, flea market, yard sale, garage sale, pawn shop, antiques store, second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop, warehouse, wareroom, depot, interposit, entrepot, market-overt, real-estate broker, vending machine.