RELINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reline mean? 

• RELINE (verb)
  The verb RELINE has 2 senses:

1. provide with a new lining

2. put new lines on

  Familiarity information: RELINE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELINE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reline    ... he / she / it relines   
Past simple: relined   
Past participle: relined   
-ing form: relining   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with a new lining

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

the old fur coat must be relined

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

line (cover the interior of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put new lines on

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

reline the paper

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

line (mark with lines)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

But if there is a time when you are not meeting grand people, you can wear out your country things, for your brown coat is as good as new, and the blue one, if it were ironed and relined, would take you through the summer.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)