verb
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to repair or renew the facing of (a wall)
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to put a new facing on (a garment)
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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refacesimple
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refacessimple
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have refacedperfect
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has refacedperfect
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am refacingprogressive
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are refacingprogressive
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is refacingprogressive
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have been refacingperfect progressive
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has been refacingperfect progressive
Past
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refacedsimple
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had refacedperfect
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was refacingprogressive
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were refacingprogressive
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had been refacingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of reface
Example Sentences
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“The jury found Deputy Buen guilty of reckless endangerment. And it is one step closer to getting justice for Christian. Deputy Buen will reface a jury of his peers.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
Unlike Earth, where plate tectonics and biological processes regularly reface the planet, the moon’s surface is an archive of scars from impacts that have occurred over the satellite’s 4.5-billion-year lifetime.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 24, 2023
“It’s the type of industry that you want to rebrand or reface the Ironbound with. When we talk about green manufacturing, that’s what this is.”
From Slate ● May 10, 2021
At 31 he walked off with a competition to reface the great medieval Basilica at Vicenza.
From Time Magazine Archive
Something almost like a sob rose from his heart as he bent and softly touched with his lips the floating curl above her temple, then turned back to resume his work and reface his troubles.
From A Trooper Galahad by King, Charles
The soccer-specific facility normally used by Seattle Pacific University, high-school and club teams was refaced in Ballard FC signage, including an imposing, red replica metal bridge affixed to the entryway gates.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2022
Around the corner, Loro Piana, a purveyor of Italian couture, has been refaced with wood that matches its red awning.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2020
At the Umayad Mosque, bullet-scarred walls are being refaced and the stones of the fallen minaret are piled ready to be rebuilt under a yellow crane.
From Reuters ● May 1, 2019
Much of the facade, including the late 16th Century oak doors, remained largely unchanged until the masonry was refaced with harder stone in 1714.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2018
It has since been refaced and repaired, but the original rooms remain.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)
Inside the portable they were refacing, Jesus Herrera, 17, was perched atop a ladder, replacing a lighted exit sign not far from his supervisor, electrician Ruy Monzon.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2019
Case in point: Refinishing or refacing existing cabinets can save you up to 30 percent compared with buying new cabinetry, according to Angie’s List.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2018
Rather than gutting an old bathroom, for example, consider getting a new vanity and refacing the existing tub.
From US News ● Sep. 19, 2014
The fireplace was opened up to its original size, large enough to accommodate a six-foot log, and in refacing it, the old, blackened, fire-burned bricks were used with delightful effect.
From Remodeled Farmhouses by Northend, Mary H.
How far this rebuilding and refacing were rendered necessary by the condition of the walls at that time it is now impossible to say.
From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.
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