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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When a gluten-free regular showed up craving pancakes—one of the few dishes on the menu that included wheat at the time—Garcia refashioned the recipe just for him. Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 But since then, Dodik has refashioned himself as an unrepentant nationalist, denying the genocide of 8,000 Bosniaks at Srebrenica in 1995, the war’s most notorious massacre, and often meeting with Putin in Moscow. Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025 Medvedev, who served as president of Russia from 2008 to 2012 and as prime minister until 2020, has since refashioned himself as one of the most hardline voices within the Russian establishment. Callum Sutherland, Time, 31 July 2025 In the foreground, the building under construction in 1999 is now set to be refashioned into Dolly Parton's SongTeller Hotel. Liz Schubauer, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 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 7 Sep. 2025.

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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