That is trendsetting and foreshadowing; pointing the way ahead.

(Internet) The technique of slowing down Internet packet flow rate by narrowing the bandwidth to avoid a possible system overload.

present participle of shape up

(idiomatic) To either improve one's behavior or else be required to leave; to either improve one's performance in an activity or else withdraw from that activity completely.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, bend, out of, shape. / (idiomatic) To take offense; to become angry, agitated, or upset.

(idiomatic) In any way at all; whatsoever.

Alternative form of in any way, shape, or form

(fantasy, mythology, intransitive) To change one's shape or form (into another) through often magical means, normally applied only to living beings.

One who shapes.

(slang) a gathering of labourers, where employers hire them for day jobs.