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)

Present simple: I / you / we / they revamp    ... he / she / it revamps   
Past simple: revamped   
Past participle: revamped   
-ing form: revamping   

Sense 1

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

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