vamp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vamp	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for vamp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vamp n a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men Synonym(s): coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx, tease, prickteaser an improvised musical accompaniment piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe v make up; "vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting" Synonym(s): vamp, vamp up piece (something old) with a new part; "vamp up an old speech" Synonym(s): vamp, vamp up act seductively with (someone) provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; "revamp my old boots" Synonym(s): vamp, revamp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vamp \Vamp\, v. i. To advance; to travel. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vamp \Vamp\, n. [OE. vampe, vaumpe, vauntpe, F. avantpied the forefoot, vamp; anat before, fore + pied foot, L. pes. See {Advance}, {Van} of an army, and {Foot}.] 1. The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper. 2. Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See {Vamp}, v. t.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vamp \Vamp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vamped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Vamping}.] To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up. I had never much hopes of your vamped play. --Swift.