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REWIRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rewire mean?
• REWIRE (verb)
The verb REWIRE has 1 sense:
1. provide with new wiring
Familiarity information: REWIRE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they rewire ... he / she / it rewires
Past simple: rewired
Past participle: rewired
-ing form: rewiring
... he / she / it rewires Past simple: rewired
Past participle: rewired
-ing form: rewiring
Sense 1
Meaning:
Provide with new wiring
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
the university rewired the dormitories when most students brought computers and television sets
Hypernyms (to "rewire" is one way to...):
wire (provide with electrical circuits)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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