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regrating

regrating is the present participle and gerund of regrate.

Meaning of regrate

Verb

regrate (third-person singular simple present regrates, present participle regrating, simple past and past participle regrated)

  1. to grate again
    • The Parmesan cheese needs to be regrated into smaller bits.
  2. To purchase goods from a market in order to resell them at the same (or nearby) market at an inflated price.
  3. To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
  4. To offend; to shock.
    • whose clothing may regrate the eye1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC

Noun

regrating (plural regratings)

  1. The act of one who regrates.

Forms of regrating

pluralregratings

Questions about regrating

What does regrating mean?
Regrating means the act of one who regrates.
What is regrating the present participle and gerund of?
Regrating is the present participle and gerund of regrate.
What part of speech is regrating?
Regrating is a noun.
What is the plural of regrating?
The plural of regrating is regratings.

Words near regrating in the dictionary

  1. regratification
  2. regratified
  3. regratifies
  4. regratify
  5. regratifying
  6. regrating
  7. regratings
  8. regrator
  9. regrators
  10. regratress
  11. regratresses

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