refooted

Given fresh foundation

Refooted means fitted with a new foot or base.

Most commonly, refooted describes socks or stockings that have had their worn-out feet replaced with new knitted sections: She refooted all his old wool socks rather than throw them out.

The term also applies to furniture or other objects given replacement feet.

footwear

resoled

Repaired shoe bottoms

repaired · mended · refurbished · restored · reconditioned · restitched · rehabilitated · rebuilt · renewed

hosiery

reknitted

Made with yarn again

rewoven · repaired · restored · reinforced · restitched

figurative

reestablished

Founded again after lapse

reset · realigned · reanchored · refounded · reconnected · recentered · reoriented · readjusted · recalibrated · rebalanced

Opposites
repair state

refootedunrepaired

Not restored to function

threadbare · tattered · damaged · unpatched · original

action taken

refooteddiscarded

Gotten rid of

thrown away · thrown out · abandoned · neglected · junked

Family

barefoot, refoot

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