kalıp
1. mold, matrix. 2. form; hat block; shoe last. 3. template; pattern, model. 4. bar, cake, piece (of something). 5. imposing appearance. 6. shape. --ının adamı olmamak not to be the man one seems to be. --ını almak /ın/ to take a mold (of). --ını basmak /a/ colloq. 1. to affirm (something) with conviction. 2. to support (something) enthusiastically. --a çekmek /ı/ 1. to give proper form or shape (to), shape, mold. 2. slang to have intercourse with, *fuck. --ını çıkarmak /ın/ to take a mold of. --ı değiştirmek/dinlendirmek slang to die, croak, kick the bucket, give up the ghost. --a dökmek /ı/ to cast, pour (something) into a mold. --a geçirmek /ı/ to block (a hat or fez); to put (a shoe) on a last. -- gibi serilmek (for a very tired person) to lie stretched out like a log. -- gibi uyumak to sleep like a log. -- gibi yatmak to lie still, lie without moving a muscle. --tan kalıba girmek colloq. 1. to change one´s ideas whenever one finds it expedient. 2. to change jobs often. 3. (for the nature of a job) to be changing constantly. -- kesilmek to be petrified. -- kıyafet yerinde/--ı kıyafeti yerinde imposing and well-dressed (man). --a koymak /ı/ to put (a shoe) on a last or tree. --a vurmak /ı/ to put (a hat or fez) on a block.