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retyings

retyings is the plural of retying.

Meaning of retying

Noun

retying (plural retyings)

  1. The act of tying something again.
    • March 31, 1885, Mark Twain, speech at the Tile Club Dinner for Laurence Hutton
      I found that a new oath holds pretty well; but that when it is become old and frayed out and damaged by a dozen annual retyings of its remains, it ceases to be serviceable; any little strain will snap it.

Questions about retyings

What is retyings the plural of?
Retyings is the plural of retying.

Words near retyings in the dictionary

  1. retwist
  2. retwisted
  3. retwisting
  4. retwists
  5. retying
  6. retyings
  7. retype
  8. retyped
  9. retypes
  10. retypification
  11. retypifications

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