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resaws

resaws is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 resaws

What is resaws the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Resaws is the third-person singular simple present indicative of resaw.

Words near resaws in the dictionary

  1. resaving
  2. resaw
  3. resawed
  4. resawing
  5. resawn
  6. resaws
  7. resay
  8. resaying
  9. resays
  10. resazurin
  11. rescalability

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