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rebuilding

rebuilding is the present participle and gerund of rebuild.

Meaning of rebuild

Verb

rebuild (third-person singular simple present rebuilds, present participle rebuilding, simple past and past participle rebuilt)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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
  2. (figuratively) 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.

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Noun

rebuilding (plural rebuildings)

  1. The act of building something again.
    • The complete 1892 rebuilding, indeed, followed an accident in 1890, when No. 6 ran away down the Buckley branch, and got badly smashed up in a collision at Connah's Quay.1944 May and June, “Notes and News: A Much Transformed Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 186
    • These have certainly witnessed many events of interest, chief among them, undoubtedly, being the rebuilding of the Bulleid Pacifics.1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160

Forms of rebuilding

pluralrebuildings

Questions about rebuilding

What does rebuilding mean?
Rebuilding means the act of building something again.
What is rebuilding the present participle and gerund of?
Rebuilding is the present participle and gerund of rebuild.
What part of speech is rebuilding?
Rebuilding is a noun.
What is the plural of rebuilding?
The plural of rebuilding is rebuildings.

Words near rebuilding in the dictionary

  1. rebuildable
  2. rebuilded
  3. rebuilder
  4. rebuilders
  5. rebuildeth
  6. rebuilding
  7. rebuildings
  8. rebuilds
  9. rebuilt
  10. rebujito
  11. rebujitos

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