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🧥 Turned inside out 🔄 Opposite direction
reversed

reversed

4.5
Clothing turned inside out and sewn again to hide worn parts and look new
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈvɜrst/
translation icon : reversado
  • After washing, they decided to wear the reversed side of the sweater for a fresh appearance.

Examples

  • She wore a reversed jacket that highlighted its brand new look.

  • His dress shirt was so well reversed that it looked like it had just been bought.

  • And then these reversed edges are the new active edges.

  • That's that's the case that set the standard revised, reversed, changed.

How Renewed

reversed
4.5
patched
3.7
worn
4 2.1

Surface Forms

reversed positive

Morphology

reversed = reverse (semi-transparent) = reverse + ed

Although formed from 'reverse' + '-ed', the clothing-specific meaning of turning inside out and resewing is a specialized tailoring sense not obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Reversed comes from the parts re- 'back' and vert 'to turn'. So when clothes are reversed they are 'turned back' inside out and resewn so the worn parts are hidden.