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restreet

restreet verb: to convert a pedestrian mall back for use by automobiles.

Verb

restreet (third-person singular simple present restreets, present participle restreeting, simple past and past participle restreeted)

  1. (transitive) To convert a pedestrian mall back for use by automobiles.
    • […] Irsay, who not only owns the team but property on the mall and favors restreeting.1988 May 27, Ben Joravsky, “Will Oak Park destroy its mall in order to save it?”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of restreet

third-person singular presentrestreets
present participlerestreeting
past participlerestreeted
pastrestreeted

Origin of restreet

From re- + street.

Questions about restreet

What does restreet mean?
Restreet means to convert a pedestrian mall back for use by automobiles.
What part of speech is restreet?
Restreet is a verb.
What is the past tense of restreet?
The past tense of restreet is restreeted.

Words near restreet in the dictionary

  1. restreamline
  2. restreamlined
  3. restreamlines
  4. restreamlining
  5. restreams
  6. restreet
  7. restreeted
  8. restreeting
  9. restreets
  10. restrengthen
  11. restrengthened

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