noun
Meaning 1
The act or process of regaining something.
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noun
The act or process of regaining something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The amount of width a woven cloth grows by when the fibers swell, used to determine the width of the reed to use in weaving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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verb
To get back; to recover possession of.
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Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: resume
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verb
get or find back; recover the use of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: recover, retrieve, find
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: get, acquire
Narrower terms: access
verb
come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: find
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: get, acquire
Narrower terms: feel, locate, turn up, fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover, rout up, rout out
History
From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). By surface analysis, re- + gain.
Across languages
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