Search Result for "reconstruct":
Wordnet 3.0
VERB (5)
1. reassemble mentally;
- Example: "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
[syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace]
2. build again;
- Example: "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb"
[syn: rebuild, reconstruct]
3. cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically;
4. return to its original or usable and functioning condition;
- Example: "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"
[syn: restore, reconstruct]
5. do over, as of (part of) a house;
- Example: "We are remodeling these rooms"
[syn: remodel, reconstruct, redo]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reconstruct \Re`con*struct"\ (-str?kt"), v. t. To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew. [1913 Webster] Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "reconstruct": accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, better, break up, change, convert, copy, deform, denature, diversify, do over, do up, doctor, duplicate, fit, fix, improve, make over, meliorate, mitigate, modify, modulate, mutate, overhaul, overthrow, patch, qualify, re-create, re-form, readjust, realign, rearrange, reassemble, rebuild, reclaim, recondition, reconstitute, recover, redesign, redo, reestablish, refabricate, refashion, refit, reform, refound, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstitute, reissue, rejuvenate, remake, remodel, renew, renovate, reorder, reorganize, repair, repeat, reprint, reproduce, reshape, reshuffle, restitute, restore, restructure, resurrect, retool, revamp, revise, revive, ring the changes, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, subvert, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide, turn upside down, vary, work a change, worsen
