reshape

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7

Definition of reshape

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To make into a different shape.
    “Intentional skull reshaping is found in burials across Asia, Europe and Mesoamerica.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To make into a different shape.
    “Intentional skull reshaping is found in burials across Asia, Europe and Mesoamerica.”
  2. (transitive)To reorganize.
    “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 Geographichttps://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2024-07-new-map-ancient-roads-china 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.”
    “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.”
    “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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Etymology

From re- + shape.

Words you can make from reshape

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6-letter words

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5-letter words

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

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2-letter words

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4 extensions · 1 front · 3 back

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