regrate

English

Etymology

French regratter (“to scrape again”).

Verb

regrate (third-person singular simple present regrates, present participle regrating, simple past and past participle regrated)

1. to grate again

   The Parmesan cheese needs to be regrated into smaller bits.

2. To purchase goods from a market in order to resell them at the same (or nearby) market at an inflated price.
3. (masonry) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
4. To offend; to shock.
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     whose clothing may regrate the eye

Derived terms

• regrater

Anagrams

• Traeger, Tregear, greater