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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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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Party leaders vowed the morning after to respond to voters’ mandate on affordability and to check executive power, as members of both parties predicted the results would reshape politics for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
“Space tourism could reshape how we define destinations, experiences and even international tourism competition. It is not yet a mass tourism market. The broader economic transformation will take time,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Some volcanic eruptions are so immense that they dramatically reshape the landscape.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Mercedes had already decided to concentrate on 2026, when sweeping rule changes would radically reshape the experience of driving a Formula One car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Most often, they themselves don’t know the point of their essay until they have written a first draft, and never go back to reshape the essay so that the point is clear at the beginning.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Once someone remembers to consider docs alongside their narrative companions, that attention reshapes their connection to the genre.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Mobile UK, which represents EE, O2, Three and Vodafone, said: "Delivering world-class coverage is an uphill battle in a high-density city where development constantly reshapes the skyline."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
"This work represents a major step forward in understanding how aging reshapes the human genome in brain cells," said Nathan Zemke, Director of Single-cell Genomics at the Center for Epigenomics at UC San Diego.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
To-day it fails to meet a situation which reshapes itself with each rising and each setting of the sun.
From The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) by Scott Nearing
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
The neighboring rocks preserve evidence of enormous forces that reshaped the region hundreds of millions of years ago.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
The AI borrowing spree has also reshaped the bond market and helped drive yields higher.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
It was a joyful collaboration, and it reshaped their lives.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Now, this daughter of immigrants is responsible for reshaping the very system that brought them here decades ago – and doing so in a way that both her party and the country regard as fair.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
As Jupiter rapidly increased in mass, its immense gravitational influence began reshaping the distribution of material throughout the disk.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The business-software group is working on a metric to convey the impact of AI on its operations to appease investors wanting insight into the tech reshaping the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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
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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