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noun
An act of improving, renewing, renovating, or revising something; an improvement, renovation, revamping, or revision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: revampment
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To improve, renew, renovate, or revise (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: improve, newvamp, overhaul, recoct, refurbish, vamp up, ameliorate, aprimorate (non-native speakers’ English (chiefly Portuguese)), amend, batten, better, enhance, hone, meliorate, refine, get better, look up, correct, fix, fix up, furbish, retrieve, make whole, mend, patch, put to rights, rectify, recondition, reform, remediate, remedy, renew, renovate, restore, restrive, revamp, right
Antonyms: none provided
verb
to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: regenerate, renew
verb
provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: vamp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
History
The verb is derived from re- (prefix meaning ‘again, anew’) + vamp (“to patch, repair, or refurbish”). The noun is derived from the verb.
Across languages
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
