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
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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
“CEOs increasingly need technology to create strategic freedom: the ability to enter markets, reshape offerings, reconfigure operations and respond to disruption faster than competitors,” said David Furlonger, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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
RBC sees a 70% chance of this happening and says the move could help Sanofi as it reshapes its portfolio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
Because age-related changes in ant behavior are essential to the organization of the colony, ants offer a natural system for studying how brain chemistry reshapes social roles over time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 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
By the time of his death, Apple had gone from a struggling computer maker to a company that had reshaped several industries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Instead of cutting away corneal tissue with a laser, they are testing a technique that temporarily makes the cornea flexible enough to be reshaped.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 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
The use of GLP-1 medications has also reshaped consumers’ diets and changed their appetite for snacks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
This newfound weight on my shoulders changed and reshaped my conversations with God.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
After a cancer diagnosis, two L.A. musicians turned their Topanga A-frame cabin into a sanctuary, reshaping every room — and garden — to prioritize serenity, views and healing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
For Smith, who lived in Bradford for more than 40 years, the inclusion of his photos is also recognition that some of the cultural shifts reshaping 1990s Britain were happening far beyond London.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Climate change is increasingly reshaping the polar oceans, with Arctic waters warming rapidly, sea ice shrinking and wildlife losing habitat at both ends of the planet, an annual report said Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
New research is reshaping scientists' understanding of bat evolution, with evidence suggesting that bats most likely originated in Europe during the late Paleocene, roughly 65 to 60 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 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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