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resawed

resawed is the simple past of resaw.

Meaning of resaw

Verb

resaw (third-person singular simple present resaws, present participle resawing, simple past resawed, past participle resawn)

  1. (transitive) To saw again or anew, as with, especially, recutting (remilling) lumber by remaking boards into thinner boards.
    • For instance, the old Sears building in Chicago was built with wood trusses; we get beams like that and resaw them to make flooring.2007 November 15, Tim Mckeough, “Room to Improve”, in New York Times

Questions about resawed

What is resawed the simple past of?
Resawed is the simple past of resaw.

Words near resawed in the dictionary

  1. resave
  2. resaved
  3. resaves
  4. resaving
  5. resaw
  6. resawed
  7. resawing
  8. resawn
  9. resaws
  10. resay
  11. resaying

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