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retubing

retubing is the present participle and gerund of retube.

Meaning of retube

Verb

retube (third-person singular simple present retubes, present participle retubing, simple past and past participle retubed)

  1. (transitive) To fit with a new tube or tubes.
    • There is no immediate intention to withdraw No. 23 from service, and as the engine is already 73 years old, it may well establish a record in Great Britain for longevity before going into retirement; indeed, a short while ago the boiler of this veteran was retubed.1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Preserving a Veteran”, in Railway Magazine, pages 457–458

Noun

retubing (plural retubings)

  1. The act of fitting with a new tube.

Forms of retubing

pluralretubings

Questions about retubing

What does retubing mean?
Retubing means the act of fitting with a new tube.
What is retubing the present participle and gerund of?
Retubing is the present participle and gerund of retube.
What part of speech is retubing?
Retubing is a noun.
What is the plural of retubing?
The plural of retubing is retubings.

Words near retubing in the dictionary

  1. Rettingers
  2. rettings
  3. retube
  4. retubed
  5. retubes
  6. retubing
  7. retubings
  8. retuck
  9. retucked
  10. retucking
  11. retucks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retubing (page history and authors); retube (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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