ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Resize

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Resize is a verb meaning (transitive) To alter the size of something.

Meaning

(transitive) To alter the size of something.

More Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To change in size.
  2. (computing) An operation that changes the size of something.
  3. (transitive) To size (apply glue or other primer to a surface) again.

Example Sentences

If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the existence of the books will terminate in a state of white tinder.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sized, change, adjustment, adjust, size, drag.

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