remold

verb

re·​mold (ˌ)rē-ˈmōld 

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

Examples of remold in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

An outsider to the country’s traditions, Hiddink overhauled rosters, training methods, and playing formations to remold the team’s identity and playing style. — Michael Morris, Time, 1 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing remold

• remold itself

Rhymes for remold

• ahold
• behold
• billfold
• blindfold
• cajoled
• consoled
• controlled
• cotswold
• eightfold
• enfold
• enrolled
• extolled