reshape

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ shape.

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Verb

reshape (third-person singular simple present reshapes, present participle reshaping, simple past and past participle reshaped)

  1. (transitive) To make into a different shape.
    • 2023 August 18, Mindy Weisberger, “Long-standing mystery of modified human skulls in ancient Japan solved by new analysis”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Intentional skull reshaping is found in burials across Asia, Europe and Mesoamerica.
  2. (transitive) To reorganize.
    • 2024 March 17, Paul Bretl, “Jets' OL is reshaped but should still be a priority in draft”, in USA Today‎[2]:
      It’s been nearly one week since the NFL’s legal tampering period began, and GM Joe Douglas has reshaped the New York Jets’ starting offensive line.
    • 2024, Paul Salopek, New Map: Ancient Roads of China, National Geographic[3]
      It’s not hard to find antique roads in China. The place has been shaped and reshaped by engineers for thousands of years. As any Chinese schoolchild will tell you, grand civilizations dating to the Bronze Age blazed intricate communications networks that expanded trade and maintained military control.
    • 2025 January 27, Alayna Treene, Pamela Brown, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann, “Trump signs executive orders to reshape the military, including banning transgender troops”, in CNN‎[4]:
      President Donald Trump on Monday announced he had signed four executive orders that will reshape the military, including banning transgender service members from serving in the US armed forces; gutting the military’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs; and reinstating with back pay service members who were discharged for refusing to get vaccinated from Covid-19.
    • 2025 February 7, Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura, “Courts and Congress struggle to keep up with Trump as he reshapes American government”, in PBS‎[5]:
      Courts and Congress are struggling to keep up with the breakneck pace as the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the American government, national politics and international order.

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