verb
Meaning 1
To make into a different shape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reshape
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: R IY0 SH EY1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To reorganize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
shape anew or differently
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: determine, shape, mold, influence, regulate
verb
Meaning 4
shape again or shape differently
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: remold
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-West Germanic *gaskap Old English ġesċeap Proto-Germanic *skapą Proto-West Germanic *skap Old English sċeap Middle English schap English shape English reshape From re- + shape.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: препра́вям (preprávjam) — to make into a different shape
- Bulgarian: префасонирам (prefasoniram) — to make into a different shape
- German: umformen — to make into a different shape
- Italian: trasformare — to make into a different shape
- Italian: riformare — to make into a different shape
- Italian: rimodellare — to make into a different shape
- Latin: reformō — to make into a different shape
- Bulgarian: реорганизирам (reorganiziram) — to reorganize
- German: reorganisieren — to reorganize
- Italian: riorganizzare — to reorganize