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REVAMP
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they revamp ... he / she / it revamps
Past simple: revamped
-ing form: revamping
Sense 1
Meaning:
To patch up or renovate; repair or restore
Example:
They revamped their old house before selling it
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "revamp" is one way to...):
regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
Example:
revamp my old boots
Synonyms:
revamp; vamp
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "revamp" is one way to...):
bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something