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resleeve

resleeve verb: to replace in a sleeve, or fit a new sleeve to.

Verb

resleeve (third-person singular simple present resleeves, present participle resleeving, simple past and past participle resleeved)

  1. (transitive) To replace in a sleeve, or fit a new sleeve to.
    • The museum set about indexing and resleeving the negatives, and once that process was complete, the next step was to duplicate the negatives so that they would be accessible to the public.1995, Humanities, page 25
    • Rebuilding aluminum master cylinders may require resleeving using the usual machine shop processes. If it is determined that a master cylinder requires reconditioning without resleeving, the following general procedure can be used: […]2010, Sean Bennett, Heavy Duty Truck Systems, page 976

Forms of resleeve

third-person singular presentresleeves
present participleresleeving
past participleresleeved
pastresleeved

Origin of resleeve

From re- + sleeve.

Questions about resleeve

What does resleeve mean?
Resleeve means to replace in a sleeve, or fit a new sleeve to.
What part of speech is resleeve?
Resleeve is a verb.
What is the past tense of resleeve?
The past tense of resleeve is resleeved.

Words near resleeve in the dictionary

  1. reslays
  2. resleeper
  3. resleepered
  4. resleepering
  5. resleepers
  6. resleeve
  7. resleeved
  8. resleeves
  9. resleeving
  10. Resler
  11. Reslers

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