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reset
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun reset has 1 sense
- reset(n = noun.artifact) Array - device for resetting instruments or controls; Array is a kind of device
has parts: reset button
Derived forms verb reset2, verb reset1
Verb reset has 3 senses
- reset(v = verb.communication) Array - set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock" is one way to define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify
- reset(v = verb.change) Array - set to zero; "reset instruments and dials" is one way to set
- reset(v = verb.change) readjust - adjust again after an initial failure; Array is one way to adjust, correct, set
Derived form noun reset1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun reset1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
reset, v. t.
To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond. [1913 Webster]
reset, n.
- The act of resetting. [1913 Webster]
- That which is reset; matter set up again. [1913 Webster]
reset, n. [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf. Receipt.].
The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw. Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
reset, v. t.
To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal. [1913 Webster]
"We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the Southrons here."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
reset, v.tr. (resetting; past and past part. reset) set (a broken bone, gems, a mechanical device, etc.) again or differently.
Derivative
resettable adj. resettability n.
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