Rebuild

Quick meaning: Rebuild is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To build again or anew.

Meaning

(ambitransitive) To build again or anew.

More Meanings

1. (figurative, said of sports teams) To attempt to improve one's performance during a period of struggling.
2. A process or result of rebuilding.
3. (figurative) (said of sports teams) A period during which an attempt is made to improve during a period of struggling.

Example Sentences

Doc's spirits lifted at the suggestion that Cochrane was already thinking about painting the finished rebuild.

After missing the playoffs for the seventh straight season in a row, the Detroit Red Wings are trying to rebuild.

Torque Fasteners — Illustrates a fastener that must be properly tightened with a torque wrench at this point in the rebuild.

The cost of the rebuild can quickly escalate with significant crankshaft and bearing work, and some folks allow the cost to keep them from doing the work, even when it is warranted.

Word Forms

• rebuilds
• rebuilding
• rebuilt

Synonyms for rebuild

Depending on context, synonyms include reassemble, reconstruct, reassembly, reconstruction, remake, reboot.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reconstruct, reestablish, reintroduce, reinstitute, re-establish, reactivate.

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