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Definition of "reshape" []

  • To shape, form, or organize again or anew: "media consultants whose TV ads reshape candidates' images to suit ephemeral public tastes” ( New Republic). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "reshape" in a sentence
  • "The most disturbing initiative, however, is a recent push to "reshape" the armed forces."
  • "And it becomes very hard to kind of reshape reality."
  • "But the jails themselves should not try to "reshape" the sequestered, or experiment on them."