regain
to get again; recover: to regain one's health.
to succeed in reaching again; get back to: to regain the shore.
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
Origin of regain
1Other words from regain
- re·gain·a·ble, adjective
- re·gain·er, noun
- half-re·gained, adjective
- un·re·gain·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·gained, adjective
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How to use regain in a sentence
A cannonball—metal or human—displaces water, but it regains its own level.
Joseph McElroy’s ‘Cannonball’ Is the Meta Iraq War Novel | Tom LeClair | July 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey need plot-twists: Barack meets public; Barack loses public; Barack regains public.
After the war, Aronson marries a dancer and moves to America—and regains his old life in the process.
The king's fool discovers the imposition, the young prince regains his throne, and the conspirators are punished.
It's the best drunkenness, when every one after it regains his reason.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
An hour later, Nemovetsky regains consciousness; he gets up with great pain, for he is badly wounded.
Contemporary Russian Novelists | Serge PerskyThis is the season when we recover from the exhausting continuous summer heat, and the body regains its energy.
The Backwoodsman | VariousWhen dissolved, it regains the colour and odour of the sap as it first trickles from the tree.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I | Karl Ritter von Scherzer
British Dictionary definitions for regain
to take or get back; recover
to reach again
the process of getting something back, esp lost weight: this regain was inevitable
Derived forms of regain
- regainable, adjective
- regainer, noun
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