refashions

verb

present tense third-person singular of refashion
as in remodels
to make different in some way refashioned my old pair of jeans into a cover for my scrapbook

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Recent Examples of refashions Lily Allen, Jack Whitehall and Timothy Spall also star in Tina Gharavi's SXSW London opener, which refashions Woolf's diffuse, ruminative feminist novel into a straightforwardly inspirational tale. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 June 2026 In orchestrating the flight, Hamida refashions the sequence of events in her own abduction. — JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for refashions
  1. remodels
  2. changes
  3. modifies
  4. alters
  5. reworks
Verb
  • Retinol also remodels and thickens that deeper layer of skin.
    — Sherri Gordon, HEALTH, 31 Aug. 2026
  • More than just structural support For decades, scientists have known that bone provides support, stores minerals and continuously remodels itself.
    — Priya Bhardwaj, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
Definition of remodels
Verb
  • Involving parents The law changes how schools communicate with families.
    — Emily Woodruff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Testing could examine sensor stability and performance as the aircraft rapidly changes attitude.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of changes
Verb
  • When transitioning from hard flooring to rugs or carpets, the system automatically adjusts suction levels and modifies its brush roll behavior to maximize particle pickup while preventing hair entanglements around the main rollers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In anticipation of the court ruling, a law passed by the Illinois General Assembly in June modifies the state residency requirement that applies to students without permanent legal status.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of modifies
Verb
  • Don’t take anything that alters your judgment or leaves you dependent on others to keep you safe.
    — Jennifer Obel, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But as climate change alters Earth’s weather and environment, petrichor is going to transform, too.
    — Gregory Wakeman, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of alters
Verb
  • The film itself reworks a story that first reached Japanese cinemas in 1983.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The painting exists as a whole because of the way de Kooning works and reworks the surface.
    — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of reworks

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“Refashions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refashions. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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