When it is cooked at a very high temperature, the glass pieces melt and take the shape of the clay form.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

In general,dead or living parts of plants need to be removed to improve the shape or growth of the plant.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

Or it could have been used to hold the shape of the shoe while it was not being worn.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

The stars turn into sea routes, which turn into sailing maps, which then form the shape of a ship.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

These areas followed the great curve of the Mississippi River, giving New Orleans the shape of a crescent.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

In another part of this state, artists make green painted containers in the shape of the pineapple fruit.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

The mold is made of small squares of wire that hold the shape and thickness of the paper.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

They become sticky and harden into the shape of the letter C, like a sickle, a hand tool with a curved blade.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

The joined arcs made the shape of birth and craving And the welded-open shape kept mouthing O.

VOA: special.2011.01.31

One theory is that the shape developed over the ages to improve this shark's sense of smell.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

For example, she discussed how investigators can learn a great deal from the shape of the blood drops found at a crime scene.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

The shape of a snow crystal may change from one form to another as the crystal passes through levels of air with different temperatures.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

The two patches of waste are connected together in the shape of a dog bone a really big bone about nine thousand kilometers long.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

This design was influenced by the shape of a desert flower that grows in the area.

VOA: special.2010.03.31