recontour

verb

re·con·tour (ˌ)rē-ˈkän-ˌtu̇r

recontoured; recontouring; recontours

: to reshape the contour of (something)

The steep face of the pile, which had been nearly vertical before the collapse, has been recontoured to a more stable 40 degrees …—

Matthew Power

… I did backward leg raises while I washed the dishes, in hopes of recontouring my butt.—

Mary Roach

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In July, Murphy secured $688,000 in a U.S. House funding bill to help remove sediment, recontour the river and replant the surrounding basin with beneficial native plants. —

Martin E. Comas, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Aug. 2021 Like Gross said, look for treatments that contain retinol-like ingredients, vitamin C, and peptides, which all work to rebuild collagen and elastic to recontour the neck. —

Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Jan. 2023