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REFACE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does reface mean? 

REFACE (verb)
  The verb REFACE has 2 senses:

1. put a new facing on (a garment)play

2. provide with a new facingplay

  Familiarity information: REFACE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REFACE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they reface  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it refaces  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: refaced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: refaced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: refacing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Put a new facing on (a garment)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "reface" is one way to...):

face (line the edge (of a garment) with a different material)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide with a new facing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The building was refaced with beautiful stones

Hypernyms (to "reface" is one way to...):

face (cover the front or surface of)

Domain category:

building; construction (the act of constructing something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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