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# reshape

«reshape» in Mova's school dictionary: **To change the shape of something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (reshape, reshapes, reshaped, reshaping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To change the shape of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reshape/#m1)

2) To change the way something is organised or how it works, often in a big way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reshape/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In art and design lessons, you reshape clay or a model. In maths, you can reshape a shape by cutting and moving parts: the area stays the same even if the shape changes. In history and the news, inventions or wars "reshape the world". Phrases: reshape the future, reshape a city, reshaped by.

### examples

- She reshaped the clay into a bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reshape/#x1)
- The internet has reshaped how we learn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reshape/#x2)
- If you reshape a rectangle into a triangle by cutting it, the area stays the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reshape/#x3)
- The storm reshaped the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reshape/#x4)
- The new coach reshaped the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reshape/#x5)
- The river has reshaped the valley over thousands of years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reshape/#x6)

### note

Past form: reshaped. re- + shape. In maths: cutting and rearranging pieces reshapes a figure but keeps the same area (perimeter may change).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reshape» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reshape/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.