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recontour

recontour verb: to contour again or anew.

Verb

recontour (third-person singular simple present recontours, present participle recontouring, simple past and past participle recontoured)

  1. (transitive) To contour again or anew.
    • The Dorit Baxter New York Day Spa in Manhattan features a postnatal rescue treatment that, according to online ads, “debloats, detoxes, recontours the body and brings the new mom to a weight-losing mode.”2008 January 14, Tina Kelley, “Getaways to Coddle New Mothers (or Just Inspire Some)”, in New York Times

Forms of recontour

third-person singular presentrecontours
present participlerecontouring
past participlerecontoured
pastrecontoured

Origin of recontour

From re- + contour.

Questions about recontour

What does recontour mean?
Recontour means to contour again or anew.
What part of speech is recontour?
Recontour is a verb.
What is the past tense of recontour?
The past tense of recontour is recontoured.

Words near recontour in the dictionary

  1. recontinuations
  2. recontinue
  3. recontinued
  4. recontinues
  5. recontinuing
  6. recontour
  7. recontoured
  8. recontouring
  9. recontourings
  10. recontours
  11. recontract

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