retool

/riˈtul/

Other forms: retooling; retooled; retools

When you change something by reshaping or altering it, you retool it. A candidate who's doing badly in the polls might try to retool his image before the election.

If an elementary school is getting dozens of new students, they may need to retool the classrooms to accommodate everyone. And, when new car models need to incorporate the latest safety features, engineers often have to retool their designs. Another way to use this verb is to mean "equip with new tools." You might, for example, retool your mom's basement workroom as a birthday present.

Definitions of retool

1. verb

   revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of updating and improving
   “We must retool the town's economy”

   synonyms: revise

   type of:

   reorganise, reorganize, shake up

   organize anew
2. verb

   provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools
   type of:

   exchange, interchange, replace, substitute

   put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items