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refiring

English

Verb

refiring

  1. present participle of refire

Noun

refiring (plural refirings)

  1. An act of firing again.
    • 1982, Archaeological Ceramics (page 103)
      It is known that once a clay is fired at a certain temperature and then cooled down, it freezes at a stage which can not be altered by subsequent refirings unless the initial temperature is exceeded.

Anagrams

  • fire ring, fringier

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retiring

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???ta?(?)???/
  • Rhymes: -a?????

Adjective

retiring

  1. introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
    • 1911, Theodore Dreiser, Jennie Gerhardt, Chapter LX:
      Lester was in the thick of social and commercial affairs; he walked in paths to which Jennie's retiring soul had never aspired.

Translations

Verb

retiring

  1. present participle of retire
    Today is the party for our retiring co-workers.

Noun

retiring (plural retirings)

  1. retirement
    • 1625, Francis Bacon, Apophthegms
      One day of those his retirings [sic], giving out that he was sick, his father Antigonus came on the sudden to visit him, and met a fair dainty youth coming out of his chamber.

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