Recontour

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To adjust the shape or form of a surface or object, thereby changing its outline or profile, while modifying the specific features of an area
2. To change the form or outline of a surface by altering its contours
3. To modify the shape of an object or area by adjusting its curved lines or edges

Etymology: "Recontour" is a plain formation: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", attached to "contour". The verb therefore means to shape the outline of something a second time, or to give a surface a new outline. "Contour" itself comes from French "contour", a noun for the outline of a figure or the line that bounds a shape, and it entered English as a term for such outlines. Adding "re-" creates a verb for redoing that outline, whether on a map, a body, or a piece of furniture.

Synonyms: reshape, redesign, modify, alter, reform

Antonyms: maintain, preserve, retain, keep, stabilize