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reskeins

reskeins is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reskein.

Meaning of reskein

Verb

reskein (third-person singular simple present reskeins, present participle reskeining, simple past and past participle reskeined)

  1. (transitive) To weave or wind back into a skein.
    • If you are dyeing already-spun yarn, you may wish to reskein it—if you used an extra-long skein, simply loop it over two chair backs to hold it in place and reskein with a niddy-noddy—or wind right into a ball to prepare for your next project.2026, Katherine Augustine, “Dyeing in the Baking Aisle”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 36

Questions about reskeins

What is reskeins the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Reskeins is the third-person singular simple present indicative of reskein.

Words near reskeins in the dictionary

  1. resizes
  2. resizing
  3. reskein
  4. reskeined
  5. reskeining
  6. reskeins
  7. resketch
  8. resketched
  9. resketches
  10. resketching
  11. reskew

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