remake

6 definitions • 10 examples

to produce something again:

The skirt was too big so I had to remake it to fit.

We remade the dough and froze it.

to make a new film that has a story and title similar to an old one:

The French film "Trois Hommes et un Couffin" was remade in Hollywood as "Three Men and a Baby".

Remaking a classic film is a risky business.

to pull up and tidy the covers on a bed after it has been slept in, for a second time:

I took a nap this afternoon, and didn't want to bother remaking the bed so I slept on top of the covers.

to put clean sheets and covers on a bed:

You can sleep in Luke's room - then I don't have to remake a bed.

a film that has a story and title similar to an old one:

Do you prefer the remake of "King Kong" to the original?

Here we usually see English-language remakes of foreign films.

to make something again as new:

The President is slipping in the polls and he is trying to remake his image.

Hollywood studios often remake foreign films