REFACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reface mean? 

• REFACE (verb)
  The verb REFACE has 2 senses:

1. put a new facing on (a garment)

2. provide with a new facing

  Familiarity information: REFACE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFACE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reface    ... he / she / it refaces   
Past simple: refaced   
Past participle: refaced   
-ing form: refacing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put a new facing on (a garment)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "reface" is one way to...):

face (line the edge (of a garment) with a different material)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide with a new facing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The building was refaced with beautiful stones

Hypernyms (to "reface" is one way to...):

face (cover the front or surface of)

Domain category:

building; construction (the act of constructing something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something