refashion

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verb re·fash·ion \ (ˌ)rē-ˈfa-shən \

Definition of refashion

transitive verb

:remake, alter

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Examples of refashion in a Sentence

refashioned my old pair of jeans into a cover for my scrapbook

Recent Examples of refashion from the Web

Several County Line Ice House menu items are designed to curb waste: The brisket trim can be ground into a jalapeno and cheddar sausage while leftover burnt ends and pork shoulder will be refashioned into barbacoa and carnitas tacos.

— jill wendholt silva, kansascity, "Not your average Joe: Meet the man behind Joe’s Kansas City barbecue, Jeff Stehney," 30 Aug. 2017
In 2009, Donald Trump bought a golf club in Loews Island, Virginia, and promptly set about refashioning the landscape to suit his needs.

— eric levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "Confederate Monuments Were Built to Change History, Not Preserve It," 17 Aug. 2017
Wonder Woman: Long before the birth of Wonder Woman, Marion was already being refashioned as a feminist icon, reminding Robin that championing the poor while perpetuating traditional gender relations is a contradiction in terms.

— mike fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Humorous 'Heart of Robin Hood' has a touch of 'The Princess Bride'," 18 July 2017
McConnell last week had refashioned the legislation to attract additional GOP votes.

— Washington Post, "More hurdles as Senate again delays vote on GOP health bill," 16 July 2017
Abramoff, the crooked conservative activist and lobbyist, refashioned himself after returning from prison as a chastened reformer.

— jonathan chait, Daily Intelligencer, "Social Darwinism Is What Truly Guides Trump," 25 June 2017
And Amazon's tech heritage could completely refashion grocery stores from how they are laid out to what products are offered to how shoppers gather their purchases.

— zlati meyer, USA TODAY, "Get ready. Amazon-Whole Foods deal will change how you buy food forever," 18 June 2017
Some of her ministers want to refashion her strategy toward protecting trade with Britain’s biggest market rather than continue to aim for her original goal of winning control of immigration and law-making.

— ian wishart, Bloomberg.com, "Brexit Talks Begin With May Under Pressure to Get Soft Split," 18 June 2017
This is nowhere more obvious than in Hannibal, Fuller’s refashioned take on Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter.

— manuel betancourt, The Atlantic, "The Refreshing Queer Sensibility of American Gods," 11 June 2017

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