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reclose

reclose verb: to close or be closed after having previously been opened.

Verb

reclose (third-person singular simple present recloses, present participle reclosing, simple past and past participle reclosed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To close or be closed after having previously been opened.
    • Stents improved the procedure by combating the tendency of many vessels to reclose quickly after angioplasty.2007 June 1, Ronald Smothers, “Court Says New Jersey Official Was Wrong to Permit Angioplasties”, in New York Times
    • In fact, in April 2014, the twentieth anniversary of Cobain's death, the Seattle Police Department had "reopened" the investigation into Cobain's death but closed it (or reclosed it) a week or so later, sticking to the original "suicide" ruling.2016, Andrew Earles, Charles Cross, Gillian G. Gaar, Bob Gendron, Todd Martens, Mark Yarm, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana - Updated Edition, The Complete Illustrated History, page 198

Forms of reclose

third-person singular presentrecloses
present participlereclosing
past participlereclosed
pastreclosed

Origin of reclose

From re- + close.

Words formed from reclose

Words that rhyme with reclose

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Questions about reclose

What does reclose mean?
Reclose means to close or be closed after having previously been opened.
What part of speech is reclose?
Reclose is a verb.
What is the past tense of reclose?
The past tense of reclose is reclosed.

Words near reclose in the dictionary

  1. reclone
  2. recloned
  3. reclones
  4. recloning
  5. reclosable
  6. reclose
  7. recloseable
  8. reclosed
  9. recloser
  10. reclosers
  11. recloses

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