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resizing

resizing is the present participle and gerund of resize.

Meaning of resize

Verb (1)

resize (third-person singular simple present resizes, present participle resizing, simple past and past participle resized)

  1. (transitive) To alter the size of something.
  2. (intransitive) To change in size.

Verb (2)

resize (third-person singular simple present resizes, present participle resizing, simple past and past participle resized)

  1. (transitive) 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

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Questions about resizing

What is resizing the present participle and gerund of?
Resizing is the present participle and gerund of resize.

Words near resizing in the dictionary

  1. resizeable
  2. resized
  3. resizer
  4. resizers
  5. resizes
  6. resizing
  7. reskein
  8. reskeined
  9. reskeining
  10. reskeins
  11. resketch

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