Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To prepare and equip for additional use.
- intransitive verb To be made fit again.
- noun Repair of damage or wear.
- noun A secondary or subsequent preparation of supplies and equipment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fit or prepare again; restore after damage or decay; repair: as, to
refit ships of war. - To fit out or provide anew.
- To repair damages, especially damages of ships.
- noun The repairing or renovating of what is damaged or worn out; specifically, the repair of a ship: as, the vessel came in for refit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To obtain repairs or supplies.
- transitive verb To fit or prepare for use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay
- transitive verb To fit out or supply a second time.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An act of having something
fitted again, or replaced. - verb To
fit again, to put back in place.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fit out again
- noun outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts)
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Examples
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In December, 1941, my ship HMCS Assiniboine was in refit in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, across the harbour from Halifax.
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The support structure took him and his brother 3 days to weld, and lest any of you should question his Trekkie status, he also tells me the ship design is the NCC-1701 "refit" used in the first three movies.
Archive 2009-05-01 Jen 2009
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The support structure took him and his brother 3 days to weld, and lest any of you should question his Trekkie status, he also tells me the ship design is the NCC-1701 "refit" used in the first three movies.
A Trek Through the Stars Jen 2009
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I shall have to do what Captain Snow, my grandfather, calls 'refit' here in New York.
The Portygee Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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On reaching the house, Mrs. Ormonde went straight to her own apartment to "refit," and Katherine sat down in the smaller drawing or morning room, which looked west and was cool.
A Crooked Path A Novel Mrs. Alexander 1863
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- is if the image is the Enterprise coming in for a "refit" after the completion of April's first five year mission.
Are you happy about how tall/short/medium you are? frankwu 2008
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The government refit also came after signs of growing discontent inside Mr. Papandreou's party, whose parliamentary deputies had grown increasingly uneasy over the stormy public protests.
Greece Reshuffles Cabinet Charles Forelle 2011
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A recent refit has somehow made the place feel even more authentic, with drinkers partitioned off into their own private spaces.
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This Oxford Street number actually just around the corner on Noel Street is fresh from a £1.5m refit giving it a sleek contemporary look.
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Neither Spurs' reuse of Olympic infrastructure nor their consortium's offer to fund a parallel refit of Crystal Palace's running track addresses the central absurdity.
Nemo774 commented on the word refit
That was not something the dispenser could provide, so he called ship's stores directly for a cabin refit, then turned back to the dispenser menu. got it from wordnik
October 4, 2010