Dictionary entry details
• RESTORE (verb)
Meaning:
Return to its original or usable and functioning condition
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
restore; reconstruct
Context example:
restore the forest to its original pristine condition
Hypernyms (to "restore" is one way to...):
regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restore"):
decompress; uncompress (restore to its uncompressed form)
rehabilitate (help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute)
rehabilitate (restore to a state of good condition or operation)
defibrillate (stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks)
reinstate (restore to the previous state or rank)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Return to life; get or give new life or energy
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
restore; regenerate; rejuvenate
Context example:
The week at the spa restored me
Hypernyms (to "restore" is one way to...):
regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restore"):
reincarnate; renew (cause to appear in a new form)
resurrect; revive (restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Give or bring back
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
restitute; restore
Context example:
Restore the stolen painting to its rightful owner
Hypernyms (to "restore" is one way to...):
give back; refund; repay; return (pay back)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
repair; mend; furbish up; fix; bushel; doctor; touch on; restore
Context examples:
She repaired her TV set / Repair my shoes please
Hypernyms (to "restore" is one way to...):
ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restore"):
darn (repair by sewing)
heel; reheel (put a new heel on)
revamp; vamp (provide (a shoe) with a new vamp)
resole; sole (put a new sole on)
patch; patch up (mend by putting a patch on)
trouble-shoot (solve problems)
point; repoint (repair the joints of bricks)
cobble (repair or mend)
patch; piece (repair by adding pieces)
fill (plug with a substance)
fiddle; tinker (try to fix or mend)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The men restore the chairs
Meaning:
Bring back into original existence, use, function, or position
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
reestablish; reinstate; restore
Context examples:
restore law and order / reestablish peace in the region / restore the emperor to the throne
Hypernyms (to "restore" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restore"):
redeem (restore the honor or worth of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
