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🧵 To replace lining 📏 To add new lines
to reline

to reline

1 7.5
Add a new inner layer to a bag, jacket, or suitcase
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈlaɪn/
translation icon : forrar de nuevo
  • Reline the kitchen garbage can with a fresh bag.

Examples

  • How do we get that match relined up again?

  • Why don't you get your brakes, relined?

    I Love Melvin (1953)

  • Then I would completely reline all my kitchen shelves.

    The Show of Shows (1929)

  • I shall reline your brakes.

    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)

  • And I'm just going to hold that and reline my eyes after and make sure these lashes stay.

  • We relined the fireplaces, built closets, installed an alarm system, and before I knew it, we were broke.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • No longer visible since the canvas was relined in 1957, the charcoal drawing (16 1/8 x 9 7/8 in.; 41 x 25 cm; Wildenstein, v, no. 431) has long been known.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Please reline the living room's armchair with a new fabric.

  • He decided to reline the worn-out seat cushions before the guests arrived.

  • To protect the floor, we need to reline the cat's litter box with a new tray.

Synonyms

to line
vsto reline
206 5.1

To cover the inside of something with another material

is used specifically when a fresh inner layer is added or replaced

Antonyms

to strip
42 2.7

Remove all covering or contents from an object so it is left bare

to unline
  • Specialized
1 9.9

To take out the inner layer of cloth or paper

How Close

to rebase
  • Specialized
9.4
to reline
1 7.5
to refit
3 3.9
to adjust
317 2.7
to replace
305 1.8

Surface Forms

reline infinitive
relined past
relined past participle
relining present participle
relines third person singular

Morphology

reline = line (transparent) = re + line

This is a straightforward case of re- plus 'line', meaning 'to line again' or 'to give a new lining'.

Etymology

Reline also comes from re- 'again' plus line in the sense of 'lining' or the inner 'cover' of an item, like the lining of a jacket or bag. So, to reline a coat or suitcase is to put a new inner cover inside it to repair or freshen it.