Word.ws English Dictionary

unshape

unshape verb: to deprive of shape; throw out of form or into disorder.

Verb

unshape (third-person singular simple present unshapes, present participle unshaping, simple past unshaped, past participle unshaped or unshapen)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of shape; throw out of form or into disorder.
  2. (transitive) To confound; derange.

Synonyms of unshape

Forms of unshape

third-person singular presentunshapes
present participleunshaping
pastunshaped
past participleunshaped
past participleunshapen

Origin of unshape

From un- + shape.

Questions about unshape

What does unshape mean?
Unshape means to deprive of shape; throw out of form or into disorder.
What part of speech is unshape?
Unshape is a verb.
What is the past tense of unshape?
The past tense of unshape is unshaped.

Words near unshape in the dictionary

  1. unshamefully
  2. unshammed
  3. unshampooed
  4. unshanked
  5. unshapable
  6. unshape
  7. unshapeable
  8. unshapeableness
  9. unshaped
  10. unshapeliest
  11. unshapeliness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unshape (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “unshape.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/unshape. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.