repapering
repapering is the present participle and gerund of repaper.
Meaning of repaper
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
Noun
repapering (plural repaperings)
- The act of replacing wallpaper.
- We have given orders for all the alterations, cleanings, and repaperings we mean to have done. — Matthew Arnold.
Forms of repapering
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Questions about repapering
- What does repapering mean?
- Repapering means the act of replacing wallpaper.
- What is repapering the present participle and gerund of?
- Repapering is the present participle and gerund of repaper.
- What part of speech is repapering?
- Repapering is a noun.
- What is the plural of repapering?
- The plural of repapering is repaperings.
Words near repapering in the dictionary
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