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.
Example Sentences
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This is a front-row seat to what Xi calls China's "new productive forces" - and how they could reshape the country.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The discovery could reshape scientists' understanding of brain aging and may eventually create new possibilities for treating neurological diseases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
The decision clears a hurdle for Paramount and Warner Bros. as the media giants work to close a deal that stands to reshape the entertainment industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Discovery — a blockbuster deal that would reshape Hollywood by uniting two storied studios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
It is Lieutenant Rojas’s mission to reshape them into revolutionaries.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
"This new understanding reshapes how we think about the structure of matter and deepens our knowledge of the most fundamental element that is responsible for the universe in its current form."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 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
Management broadly painted an optimistic view of next year, when it expects that companies and governments will look to replenish their inventories and solidify new supply connections as the war reshapes energy markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
But as AI reshapes how billions of people receive information about the world, the Church is discovering a new mission: teaching people what deserves to be believed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
It was a demonstration of the human power that refuses to submit to environment and circumstance and fate; that rises and rebukes facts, reshapes destiny.
From The Nine-Tenths by James Oppenheim
Here are three ways that Americans’ auto loans have been reshaped in recent years — starting with the amount of money going toward these loans.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The scale of turnover has dramatically reshaped the Premier League's managerial landscape.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
While Kennedy describes himself at times as a small-town lawyer from Sacramento, he knew the two California governors, both Republicans, who reshaped the Supreme Court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
New concourses, expanded corridors and improved passenger facilities have reshaped the transit hub, which serves hundreds of thousands of commuters and travelers each day and remains the busiest rail station in the United States.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
She watched in a haze as Adiah’s body began to change again, morphed and reshaped into something more human.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
These findings are reshaping our understanding of how the brain processes rewards and have put the spotlight firmly on the lateral septum as the home of cravings.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Roberts, 45, brings the same enthusiasm to discussing how AI is reshaping publishing as he does to favorite topics like black holes, Dungeons & Dragons and cartography.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
“For Iran, the Strait of Hormuz has become a strategic lever for deterrence, maintaining the regional balance of power, and reshaping the security rules in the Persian Gulf,” said Mostafa Najafi, a Tehran-based security analyst.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Tottenham are keen on a move for Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo as Roberto de Zerbi continues reshaping his squad.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
At Skathis’s will, however, it had rippled, shifted, reshaping itself into new configurations with the fluidity of mercury.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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