Definition

1. Verb:
   • To renovate, remake, or revise thoroughly: To give something a new and improved form or structure, often by making significant repairs, updates, or changes to its appearance or function.
   • To provide (a shoe) with a new upper front part (vamp): A specific, less common meaning referring to repairing a shoe by replacing the part covering the front of the foot.

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The company decided to revamp its website to make it more user-friendly.
  • They plan to revamp the old theater, restoring its original Art Deco features.
  • The designer revamped her entire collection for the new season.

Advanced Usage

• "to revamp something": To overhaul or modernize something completely.
  • The school board voted to revamp the outdated curriculum.
• "a revamp" (as a noun): The process or result of revamping.
  • The store is closed for a complete revamp.

Variants and Related Words

• Revamping (gerund/noun): The act or process of revamping.
  • The revamping of the public transit system will take two years.
• Revamped (adjective): Having been renovated or updated.
  • We moved into a beautifully revamped apartment.

Synonyms

• Renovate: To restore to a good state of repair.
• Overhaul: To examine thoroughly and make necessary repairs or changes.
• Modernize: To adapt to modern needs or habits.
• Refurbish: To renovate and redecorate.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases

(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically expressed directly as "revamp [something]".)

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms specifically using the word "revamp".)

Verb

1. provide (a shoe) with a new vamp
   • revamp my old boots
2. to patch up or renovate; repair or restore
   • They revamped their old house before selling it