pear-shaped — ozdic

Collocations

5

ADJ.

all, flawless, rolling

VERB + PEAR-SHAPED

could've, figure, go, goes, going, gone, guaranteed, went

PEAR-SHAPED + NOUN

72-carat, breasts, car, diamond, hips, obesity

PREP.

from, in, on, versus

ADV.

directly, totally

Definitions

adj

1

Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear.

Single egg laid directly on ledge, pear-shaped to prevent rolling off[.]

2

Having a shape of a (typical western) pear, or in cross-section, like the cross-section of a pear.

pear-shaped obesity versus apple-shaped obesity

Just as one should take sitting-up exercises every day to keep one's figure from going pear-shaped in the hips, one should spend at least a little time, even if it is only very little, sloughing off mental flabbiness by thinking, studying or just reading something that requires an exercising effort of the mind to understand, memorise or digest.

3

rich, mellow, sonorous

4

Wrong, awry, usually in the phrase go pear-shaped.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — (of sounds) full and rich

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

go pear-shaped

To go awry; to go wrong.

After the third attack run I was letting back down to low level, passing through about 100 feet on the way down, when there were two bangs very close together. The whole aircraft s

Example Bank

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01

Single egg laid directly on ledge, pear-shaped to prevent rolling off[.]

Wiktionary

02

pear-shaped obesity versus apple-shaped obesity

Wiktionary

03

Just as one should take sitting-up exercises every day to keep one's figure from going pear-shaped in the hips, one should spend at least a little time, even if it is only very little, sloughing off m

Wiktionary

04

My plans for the weekend went pear-shaped when my car broke down on Saturday morning.

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05

She has pear-shaped breasts.

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06

That could have gone pear-shaped.

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Usage Notes

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