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REVAMP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does revamp mean?

• REVAMP (verb)
The verb REVAMP has 2 senses:

1. to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
2. provide (a shoe) with a new vamp

Familiarity information: REVAMP used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• REVAMP (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

To patch up or renovate; repair or restore

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

They revamped their old house before selling it

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

revamp ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Provide (a shoe) with a new vamp

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

revamp; vamp

Context example:

revamp my old boots

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

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