reshape
Americanverb (used with object)
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reshapes,
present (3rd person singular)
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reshaped,
past participle, past
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reshaping
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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reshapesimple
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reshapessimple
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have reshapedperfect
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has reshapedperfect
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am reshapingprogressive
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are reshapingprogressive
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is reshapingprogressive
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have been reshapingperfect progressive
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has been reshapingperfect progressive
Past
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reshapedsimple
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had reshapedperfect
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was reshapingprogressive
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were reshapingprogressive
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had been reshapingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of reshape
Explanation
When you reshape something, you change or transform it completely. You can reshape a lump of clay, but you can also reshape your plans for your life. A government can reshape the country's energy plan, incorporating more environmentally friendly systems. And a school committee can reshape the high school curriculum, adding higher-level science classes and more choices in the art department. It's also possible to reshape things in a more literal way, squeezing bread dough as you reshape it to fit a different pan, for example.
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Now, a second squeeze is emerging as soaring shipping costs begin to reshape global crude flows.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
This new book argues that the most successful people don’t just grind harder; they reshape their circumstances to make success feel automatic.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
But the One Ring — the weapon that will reshape Middle-earth — is the true star, and the new peek at the third season revels in its creation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
If approved, the mandate could reshape landscaping requirements for roughly 2 million structures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
I reshape her body again, stretching her limbs like sugar-sticks, cinching her waist, and making her a whole four inches taller.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
The scope, unprecedented in the top tier of English soccer, also reshapes how the past 15 years of the Premier League will be remembered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
But Lord, now the studio's creative director, still comes into the office and playfully reshapes Morph while chatting.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The president has weighed in on paving stones, marble, flagpoles and other aesthetic details around the White House as he reshapes the presidential grounds.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
“The bottom line is that the market is clearly favoring foundational security and infrastructure layers over legacy applications as artificial intelligence reshapes software business models.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The silent pressure of his ideal lasts much longer and reshapes the world much more than the actualities by which he attempted to suggest it.
From What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
As these large generational cohorts reached voting age and began working, they reshaped their societies in their own image—not always, it must be said, for the better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
However, refreshed and reshaped, Wouter Vrancken's men are embracing the trip to face a Celtic side still failing to convince a support that are becoming increasingly disgruntled after another chastening European defeat at Benfica.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
To explain this unexpected behavior, the researchers turned to topology, a mathematical field concerned with properties that remain unchanged when objects are continuously stretched, bent, or reshaped.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
With LeBron James gone, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves understand they’ll need to take over as leaders for a Lakers team reshaped by nine new players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Paper remade from wilted, dirty, hopeless litter that had been rescued, scrubbed clean, and reshaped.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
Then they went straight to work changing his arsenal, bringing their newest reclamation project to the laboratory that has been reshaping the trajectory of pitchers’ careers for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The incident pushed Cohen to join a growing protest movement of secular residents, who say the expanding ultra-Orthodox population is reshaping the character of their hometown.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
These storms, combined with high tides and the Kelvin wave, which can add 6 to 12 inches to background sea levels, have resulted in significant damage and a reshaping of the coast over the summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Director of BBC Sounds Jonathan Wall said they were "reshaping BBC speech audio" in order to "build a strong future for trusted journalism, distinctive storytelling and programmes that bring people together".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
For Darwin, Lyell’s central idea—of the slow heave of natural forces shaping and reshaping the earth, sculpting nature—would prove to be a potent intellectual spur.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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