refashion

verb

re·​fash·​ion (ˌ)rē-ˈfa-shən How to pronounce refashion (audio)
refashioned; refashioning; refashions

Examples of refashion in a Sentence

refashioned my old pair of jeans into a cover for my scrapbook
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To refashion your bathroom with an eye toward the classic style, read on for 17 timeless midcentury modern bathroom ideas. Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024 In the hours following the veep’s elevation to presidential nominee on July 21, her staff took it upon themselves to embrace the brat memes by refashioning the campaign account’s Twitter layout to resemble the album-cover aesthetic of lo-fi black text superimposed on a noxious-green background. Zoe Guy, Vulture, 23 July 2024 In Ukraine, nationalists pushed Poroshenko to refashion himself as an anti-Russian militarist. Katharine Quinn-Judge, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2021 The process was further modified to produce food for astronauts, and, later, refashioned to make fuel for planes, automobiles, and rocket ships. Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for refashion 

Word History

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of refashion was in 1613

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“Refashion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refashion. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

refashion

verb
re·​fash·​ion (ˈ)rē-ˈfash-ən How to pronounce refashion (audio)
: to make again : make over, alter
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