单词 | replumb |
释义 | replumbv.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > loosen, unfasten, or untie [verb (transitive)] > undo specific fastening unbucklec1386 unnail1485 unclasp1530 unsolder1538 disbuckle1562 unpin1587 unrivet1591 unlink1595 unloop1599 unpeg1604 unhasp1610 uncord1611 unhoop1611 unwedge1611 unsplint1615 refibulate1623 replumb1623 unlatchc1625 unscrew1651 unclamp1655 unrope1673 unstring1681 unlash1796 unkey1802 unspring1802 unwire1823 unstrap1828 unscotch1839 unclap1846 unspike1846 uncramp1851 unspear1859 untoggle1859 unsnap1862 undraw1872 disbutton1887 uncinch1891 disimpale1904 unzip1927 zip1927 unzipper1936 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. at To Vnsoulder Replumbe. 2. transitive. To refit or replace the plumbing in (a building, room, etc.). Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [verb (transitive)] > replace plumbing replumb1973 1871 [see replumbing n. at Derivatives]. 1881 Ann. Rep. Commissioners of Prisons of Mass. 36 Cash paid bills..being principally for labor and materials in replumbing the prison. 1883 Ann. Rep. N.Y. State Exper. Station 6 The plumbing was found to be in such shocking condition that it seemed wiser to re-plumb than to attempt an almost interminable series of repairs. 1925 Lincoln (Nebraska) Sunday Star 25 Oct. (Hotel section) 1/7 The entire Hotel Lincoln has been remodeled, replumbed, redecorated, and refurnished at a cost of half a million dollars. 1973 Irish Times 2 Mar. 26/1 (advt.) Re-roofed, re-wired and re-plumbed in recent years. 1977 ‘M. Yorke’ Cost of Silence i. 9 The house..was..up for sale... People saw over it and were dashed by the need to replumb and repair. 2000 PS Nov. 12/2 If you're not a plumber you wouldn't replumb your bathroom, would you? Derivatives reˈplumbing n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [noun] > replacing plumbing replumbing1871 1871 Ann. Rep. Northern Hosp. & Asylum for Insane 9 We ask that this surplus be diverted..to the erection of the much needed horse and stock barns, to the replumbing of wings, [etc.]. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) iii. ii. 291 My uncle distinguished himself by the thoroughness with which he did the repainting and replumbing. 2003 C. Cousins Fiddle Dee Death xx. 234 I had a duplex where the rent was about to go sky-high, thanks to the replumbing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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