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reboring

reboring is the present participle and gerund of rebore.

Meaning of rebore

Verb

rebore (third-person singular simple present rebores, present participle reboring, simple past and past participle rebored)

  1. (transitive) To bore through an existing hole, generally to correct its shape, or to enlarge.
    • If you want to keep using that rifle, you'll have to rebore the barrel.

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Noun

reboring (plural reborings)

  1. Synonym of rebore.
    Synonyms:
    rebore

Synonyms of reboring

Forms of reboring

pluralreborings

Questions about reboring

What does reboring mean?
Reboring means synonym of rebore.
What is reboring the present participle and gerund of?
Reboring is the present participle and gerund of rebore.
What part of speech is reboring?
Reboring is a noun.
What is the plural of reboring?
The plural of reboring is reborings.

Words near reboring in the dictionary

  1. rebordering
  2. reborders
  3. rebore
  4. rebored
  5. rebores
  6. reboring
  7. reborings
  8. reborn
  9. reborne
  10. reborning
  11. rebornness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reboring (page history and authors); rebore (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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