shapeshift en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Probably a back-formation from shapeshifter.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To change one's shape or form (into another) through often magical means, normally applied only to living beings.
For it was by shape-shifting and magic art, as poets tell, that Paris first beguiled Fair Helen.
1891, H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang, The World's Desire, volume II, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, page 13:Journey in exactly the same way as you did to shapeshift into your power animal except, this time, set your intention to shapeshift into a named ancestor.
2010, Mike Williams, Follow the Shaman's Call: An Ancient Path for Modern Lives, page 91:But to embed oneself in an irregular and unpredictable food supply as mycelium does, one must be able to shapeshift.
2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 57:I can't shapeshift Zane, I only look like this I always have.
2019, Emily Rayven, Gateway To Brienka:
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(figuratively, intransitive) To undergo a noticeable change (in character for example), to metamorphosize.
While Chelsea Wolfe has often shapeshifted in terms of how she presents her music, one thing remains constant: her big mood.
2019, Adam Turner-Heffer, Chelsea Wolfe: Birth of Violence review, The Skinny, September 2019, page 57
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shapeshifted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shapeshifted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| shapeshifting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shapeshifts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
nl transfigureren (change shape) · enm transformen (change shape) · de sich verwandeln (change shape) · fi muuttaa muotoa (change shape) · nl metamorfoseren (change shape) · de seine Form ändern (change shape) · cmn 变身 (change shape) · cmn 變身 /变身 (change shape) · nl gedaante wisselen (change shape) · pl zmienić kształt (change shape) · pl zmieniać kształt (change shape)