to retick

9.9

To sew a new cloth cover onto a mattress or cushion

verb
/rɪˈtɪk/

Specialized

: reacondicionar

We decided to retick our old mattress instead of buying a new one.

Examples

The upholsterer will retick the cushions so they look fresh again.
She reticked the old mattress last weekend.
After years of use, the mattress finally needed to be reticked for comfort and cleanliness.
I need to retick my mattress soon.
After years of use, the mattress finally needed to be reticked for comfort and cleanliness.
We decided to retick our old mattress instead of buying a new one.
The upholsterer will retick the cushions so they look fresh again.

Synonyms

to reupholster

vsto retick

4 6.7

To put new fabric and padding on furniture to make it look new

is applied to mattresses and similar bedding rather than to furniture

Surface Forms

retick infinitive

reticked past

reticked past participle

reticking present participle

reticks third person singular

Morphology

retick = tick (semi-transparent) = re + tick

Formed by adding the productive prefix 're-' meaning 'again' to 'tick' (mattress cover); the relation is clear but the noun sense 'tick' is somewhat specialized and may be unfamiliar to many learners.

Etymology

The word retick comes from re- 'again' and tick 'cloth cover' for a mattress. So to retick a mattress is to sew a new cover on it to make it fresh.