recontoured
Given new contours
Recontoured means reshaped or given a new contour.
The term appears most often in contexts involving physical reshaping—land that has been recontoured after mining, a face recontoured by plastic surgery, a golf course recontoured to improve drainage: The hillside was recontoured to prevent erosion.
The word implies deliberate modification of shape or outline.
Shaped by a cast
- sculptedShaped into art
- reformedImproved after abandoning wrongdoing
- reconfiguredChanged arrangement or settings
- redesignedCreated anew differently
reworked · modified · adjusted · refined · altered · redefined · transformed · restructured
Assigning marks to work
- earthworkConstructed soil structure
- terracingCutting slopes into steps
- sculptedShaped into art
- slopesAngled ground surfaces
drainage · topsoil · berms · swales · excavation · leveling · terrain · embankment
Physical feature mapping
- elevationHeight above reference point
- reliefEasing of distress
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- terrainLand's physical features
landform · isoline · gradient · surveying · hillshade · cartography · profile · cross-section
Controlled cut into tissue
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- implantsSurgically embedded devices
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- rhinoplastySurgery reshaping the nose
facelift · reshaping · sculpting · augmentation · reduction · tissue · cartilage · bone
Made smooth and efficient
- sleekSmooth and elegant
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- harmoniousPleasingly in accord
proportioned · silhouette · profile · form · lines · smooth · sculptural · organic
molded
Shaped by a cast
- sculptedShaped into art
- reformedImproved after abandoning wrongdoing
- reconfiguredChanged arrangement or settings
redesigned · reworked · modified · adjusted · refined · altered · redefined · transformed · restructured · remolded
grading
Assigning marks to work
slopes · drainage · topsoil · berms · swales · excavation · leveling · terrain · embankment · fill
topography
Physical feature mapping
terrain · landform · isoline · gradient · surveying · hillshade · cartography · profile · cross-section · geospatial
incision
Controlled cut into tissue
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- implantsSurgically embedded devices
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
rhinoplasty · facelift · reshaping · sculpting · augmentation · reduction · tissue · cartilage · bone · sutures
streamlined
Made smooth and efficient
harmonious · proportioned · silhouette · profile · form · lines · smooth · sculptural · organic · ergonomic