repaper
repaper verb: to apply new wallpaper to, either by first stripping the old wallpaper off, or by papering over the top.
Verb
repaper (third-person singular simple present repapers, present participle repapering, simple past and past participle repapered)
- To apply new wallpaper to, either by first stripping the old wallpaper off, or by papering over the top.
- "And you bought the house?" "Well, it was re-papered and painted and fumigated, and done up outside."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
Forms of repaper
| third-person singular present | repapers |
|---|---|
| present participle | repapering |
| past participle | repapered |
| past | repapered |
Origin of repaper
From re- + paper.
Words that rhyme with repaper
Questions about repaper
- What does repaper mean?
- Repaper means to apply new wallpaper to, either by first stripping the old wallpaper off, or by papering over the top.
- What part of speech is repaper?
- Repaper is a verb.
- What is the past tense of repaper?
- The past tense of repaper is repapered.
Words near repaper in the dictionary
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