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verb
To face (an embankment, etc.) with masonry, wood, or other material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: face
verb
construct a revetment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: construct, build, make
History
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- French re- Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéstis Proto-Italic *westis Latin vestis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin vestiō Old French vestir Middle French vestir French vêtir French revêtirbor. English revet Borrowed from French revêtir (“to reclothe”).
Across languages
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