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backfit

backfit verb: to retrofit.

Verb

backfit (third-person singular simple present backfits, present participle backfitting, simple past and past participle backfitted)

  1. To retrofit.

Forms of backfit

third-person singular presentbackfits
present participlebackfitting
past participlebackfitted
pastbackfitted

Origin of backfit

From back + fit.

Questions about backfit

What does backfit mean?
Backfit means to retrofit.
What part of speech is backfit?
Backfit is a verb.
What is the past tense of backfit?
The past tense of backfit is backfitted.

Words near backfit in the dictionary

  1. backfisch
  2. backfische
  3. backfisches
  4. backfist
  5. backfists
  6. backfit
  7. backfits
  8. backfitted
  9. backfitting
  10. backflash
  11. backflashes

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