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MAKE OVER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make new

Example:

She is remaking her image

Synonyms:

make over; redo; refashion; remake

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "make over" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make over"):

recast; reforge; remodel (cast or model anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

makeover (a complete reconstruction and renovation of something)

makeover (an overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Use again in altered form

Example:

retread an old plot

Synonyms:

make over; retread; rework

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "make over" is one way to...):

process; work; work on (shape, form, or improve a material)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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