rebuild
/ɹiːˈbɪld/
rebuild verb: to build again or anew.
Verb
rebuild (third-person singular simple present rebuilds, present participle rebuilding, simple past and past participle rebuilt)
- To build again or anew.
- The economics of rebuilding all the stations covered by the electrification would be prohibitive, but to help bring home to the Glasgow public that their North Clyde suburban service has been transformed, not merely re-equipped with new trains, stations have at least been associated psychologically...1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714
- We cannot forget the hurts and pain which have been dealt by the two opposing forces, but we must seek to heal the wounds and go forward. Are we going to allow the wounds to fester until we die, or are we big enough, collectively and individually, to write it off as a bad experience and begin to...1976 August 7, Kathy Guilmette, “Devil's Advocate”, in Gay Community News, page 4
- Synonyms:
- reassemble, reconstruct, remanufacture
- To attempt to improve one's performance during a period of struggling.
- After missing the playoffs for the seventh straight season in a row, the Detroit Red Wings are trying to rebuild.
Noun
rebuild (plural rebuilds)
- A process or result of rebuilding.
- Although the new features of the rebuilds were mainly the application of successful standard principles, the retention of the outside admission cylinders with their necessary high-pressure valve rod glands, of which the Southern lacked previous experience with an engine of this size, caused some...1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160
- Doc's spirits lifted at the suggestion that Cochrane was already thinking about painting the finished rebuild.2000, John Christgau, Sierra Sue II: The Story of a P-51 Mustang, page 138
- Synonyms:
- reassembly, reconstruction, remake, remanufacture
- (said of sports teams) A period during which an attempt is made to improve during a period of struggling.
- Since they failed to make it to the playoffs after five consecutive seasons, the team has gone through a lengthy rebuild.
- Synonyms:
- reboot, re-creation, remaking
rebuild meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Indonesian
rebuild in Bengali
- পুনরায়, নতুন করে নির্মাণ করা, পুনর্নির্মাণের প্রক্রিয়া, তার ফলাফল
rebuild in Malayalam
- renovate, reconstruct, restore
- പുനർനിർമ്മിക്കുക, പൊളിച്ചുപണിയുക, മാറ്റിപ്പണിയുക, പുനർനിർമ്മാണം നടത്തുക, അഴിച്ചുപണിയുക, അഴിച്ചുകെട്ടുക
rebuild in Kannada
- ಪುನಃ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸು, ಪುನಃ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಮಾಡು, ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಟ್ಟು
rebuild in Indonesian
- to build again
- membangun ulang
More languagesFewer languages
- rebuild in Vietnamese
- xây lại, xây dựng lại
Examples of rebuild in a sentence
- Are we going to allow the wounds to fester until we die, or are we big enough, collectively and individually, to write it off as a bad experience and begin to rebuild?1976 August 7, Kathy Guilmette, “Devil's Advocate”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
- The cost of the rebuild can quickly escalate with significant crankshaft and bearing work, and some folks allow the cost to keep them from doing the work, even when it is warranted.2000, Spencer Yost, How to Rebuild and Restore Farm Tractor Engines, page 100:
- Torque Fasteners — Illustrates a fastener that must be properly tightened with a torque wrench at this point in the rebuild.2009, Tony Huntimer, How to Rebuild the Big-Block Chevrolet, page 5:
- After a number of rebuilds and modifications, the frigate Constellation is now anchored in Baltimore Harbor as a museum.2012, Ronald Utt, Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy:
Synonyms of rebuild
Forms of rebuild
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | rebuilds |
| present participle | rebuilding |
| past participle | rebuilt |
| past | rebuilt |
| Noun | |
| plural | rebuilds |
Origin of rebuild
From re- + build.
Words formed from rebuild
Words that rhyme with rebuild
Questions about rebuild
- What does rebuild mean?
- Rebuild means to build again or anew.
- What is rebuild in Bengali?
- Rebuild in Bengali is পুনরায়, নতুন করে নির্মাণ করা, পুনর্নির্মাণের প্রক্রিয়া. See Rebuild meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use rebuild in a sentence?
- Are we going to allow the wounds to fester until we die, or are we big enough, collectively and individually, to write it off as a bad experience and begin to rebuild?
- What part of speech is rebuild?
- Rebuild can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce rebuild?
- Rebuild is pronounced /ɹiːˈbɪld/.
- What is the past tense of rebuild?
- The past tense of rebuild is rebuilt.
Words near rebuild in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rebuild (page history and authors); rebuild (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rebuild (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); rebuild (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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