shop

Meanings

An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
Discussion of business or professional affairs.
A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
An establishment where a barber or beautician works.
An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.

To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).
To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
To imprison.
To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, sċoppa, from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup-, from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup-. Cognate with Dutch schop, German Schuppen, German Schober, French échoppe (< Germanic).

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