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retying

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -aɪɪŋ

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of tying something again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • March 31, 1885, Mark Twain, speech at the Tile Club Dinner for Laurence Hutton I found that a new oath holds pretty well; but that when it is become old and frayed out and damaged by a dozen annual retyings of its remains, it ceases to be serviceable; any little strain will snap it.

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verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of retie

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Etymology

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