Regrate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 to grate again
"The Parmesan cheese needs to be regrated into smaller bits."
- 2 To purchase goods from a market in order to resell them at the same (or nearby) market at an inflated price.
- 3 To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.
- 4 To offend; to shock.
"whose clothing may regrate the eye"
Example
More examples"The Parmesan cheese needs to be regrated into smaller bits."
Etymology
French regratter (“to scrape again”).