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REWORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rework mean? 

REWORK (verb)
  The verb REWORK has 1 sense:

1. use again in altered formplay

  Familiarity information: REWORK used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REWORK (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they rework  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it reworks  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: reworked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: reworked  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: reworking  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Use again in altered form

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

make over; retread; rework

Context example:

retread an old plot

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

process; work; work on (shape, form, or improve a material)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"Fretting cares make grey hairs." (English proverb)

"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand." (Native American proverb, tribe unknown)

"Ask the experienced rather than the learned." (Arabic proverb)

"A horse aged thirty: don't add any more years." (Corsican proverb)



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