remold

verb

re·​mold (ˌ)rē-ˈmōld How to pronounce remold (audio)
variants US remold or chiefly British remould
remolded; remolding

transitive verb

: to mold (something or someone) again : reshape
heat used to remold plastic
… the idea that humans can be remoulded by their environment …—Ed West
A once preppy college is remolding itself, and today almost 25 percent of the students … are minorities.—S. Reeves

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One patient born without an olfactory bulb could smell because other parts of her brain remolded to serve as substitutes. — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026 Sketches will be pored over, prototypes will be 3D-printed, cross sections will be analyzed and remolded. — Jeremy White, Wired News, 29 Mar. 2026 The trail of documents from Camp Mystic details the ease with which property owners can remold how the federal government assigns flood risk. — Evan Bush, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025 There are, therefore, still major questions about whether Netflix will actually cut ties with the Sussexes or simply remold the relationship in a new way. — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for remold

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of remold was in 1600

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“Remold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remold. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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