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retiles

retiles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retile.

Meaning of retile

Verb

retile (third-person singular simple present retiles, present participle retiling, simple past and past participle retiled)

  1. (transitive) To tile again; to replace with new tiles
    • They will have gardens with fountains and fish ponds and wisteria vines as thick as trees that the previous owner has braided like hair. Pony will paint all their furniture pale yellow and pale green and rose with flowers and fruit designs and retile their kitchens with bits of broken china.1996, Francesca Lia Block, Pixie and Pony

Questions about retiles

What is retiles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Retiles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retile.

Words near retiles in the dictionary

  1. retightening
  2. retightenings
  3. retightens
  4. retile
  5. retiled
  6. retiles
  7. retiling
  8. retill
  9. retillage
  10. retilled
  11. retilling

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