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RETOOL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "retool" is one way to...):

exchange; interchange; replace; substitute (put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving

Example:

We must retool the town's economy

Synonyms:

retool; revise

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "retool" is one way to...):

reorganise; reorganize; shake up (organize anew)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

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