resize

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Etymology 1

From re- +‎ size.

Verb

resize (third-person singular simple present resizes, present participle resizing, simple past and past participle resized)

1. (transitive) To alter the size of something.
2. (intransitive) To change in size.

Hypernyms

• size

Translations

alter the size of something

• Bulgarian: преоразмерявам (preorazmerjavam)
• Dutch: afmeting veranderen
• Estonian: mõõtmeid muutma
• Finnish: muuttaa kokoa
• French: redimensionner (fr)
• Spanish: redimensionar, reescalar

Noun

resize (plural resizes)

1. (computing) An operation that changes the size of something.

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ size.

Verb

resize (third-person singular simple present resizes, present participle resizing, simple past and past participle resized)

1. (transitive) To size (apply glue or other primer to a surface) again.
   • 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 93:

     If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the existence of the books will terminate in a state of white tinder.

Anagrams

• -erizes, seizer