resize
resize verb: to alter the size of something.
Verb (1)
resize (third-person singular simple present resizes, present participle resizing, simple past and past participle resized)
- To alter the size of something.
- To change in size.
Noun
resize (plural resizes)
- An operation that changes the size of something.
Verb (2)
resize (third-person singular simple present resizes, present participle resizing, simple past and past participle resized)
- To size (apply glue or other primer to a surface) again.
- If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the...1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 93
Forms of resize
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | resizes |
| present participle | resizing |
| past participle | resized |
| past | resized |
| Noun | |
| plural | resizes |
Origin of resize
From re- + size.
Words formed from resize
Questions about resize
- What does resize mean?
- Resize means to alter the size of something.
- What part of speech is resize?
- Resize can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of resize?
- The past tense of resize is resized.
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