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  • verb transitive To thread again.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ thread

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Examples

  • Reinstall the brake pads and rethread the bolts and debris covers back in securely.

    How to Replace the Brakes on a Utility ATV Cassandra 2009

  • I have seen a lot of rethread ideas but no original ones that are promising.

    Should NIAC be Revived? - NASA Watch 2009

  • The basic idea of having Peter deal (again) with a life of money bills, Aunt May health issues, struggling bachelor issues (including his love life) and the odd Harry Osborn situation is a sound one, despite being definitely a rethread of tales told.

    For The Slow Kids In Class… | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • If one cable doesn't work, they all have to be unbundled and the replacement wire rethread.

    CNN Transcript Jul 8, 2006 2006

  • Sheared off an elbow cop on a tree for which Abel and his duct tape came to my rescue, and a lacing snapping on my way back from rez point which took forever to rethread.

    roland Diary Entry roland 2005

  • "I don't know what that means," I said, trying to rethread my needle in the dim lighting.

    Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999

  • That means you don't have to take the seat out and rethread the harnesses as the child gets bigger.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • You just pick a color, pick a picture (you can draw it or trace it yourself with whatever works for you on fabric), thread the punch needle with the color you want, and just poke it in and out of the fabric until either it's time to change colors or your thread runs out and you have to rethread.

    Pharyngula 2010

  • The five-point harness offers no-rethread harness adjustment.

    ZRecommends adriennej@gmail.com 2010

  • Not needing to rethread the seat straps saves time, makes the seat much easier to adjust as the child grows, and prevents performance problems from misthreading.

    ZRecommends adriennej@gmail.com 2010

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