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REPOINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does repoint mean?
• REPOINT (verb)
The verb REPOINT has 1 sense:
1. repair the joints of bricks
Familiarity information: REPOINT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they repoint ... he / she / it repoints
Past simple: repointed
Past participle: repointed
-ing form: repointing
... he / she / it repoints Past simple: repointed
Past participle: repointed
-ing form: repointing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repair the joints of bricks
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
point; repoint
Context example:
point a chimney
Hypernyms (to "repoint" is one way to...):
bushel; doctor; fix; furbish up; mend; repair; restore; touch on (restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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