shape-shift

A form of shapeshift — To change one's shape or form (into another) through often magical means, normally applied only to living beings.

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Meanings

verbshape-shift (third-person singular simple present shape-shifts, present participle shape-shifting, simple past and past participle shape-shifted)

present singular third person shape-shifts · participle present shape-shifting · participle past shape-shifted · past shape-shifted

  1. alternativeAlternative form of shapeshift.

    It was around that time, Swift remembers now, that she began trying to shape-shift. "I realized every record label was actively working to try to replace me," she says. "I thought instead, I'd replace myself first with a new me. It's harder to hit a moving target."

    2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of the Year 2023: Taylor Swift”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2023
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APA

shape-shift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shape-shift

MLA

“shape-shift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shape-shift. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shape-shift,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shape-shift.

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