rewire
verb /ˌriːˈwaɪə(r)/
/ˌriːˈwaɪər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rewire | /ˌriːˈwaɪə(r)/ /ˌriːˈwaɪər/ |
he / she / it rewires | /ˌriːˈwaɪəz/ /ˌriːˈwaɪərz/ |
past simple rewired | /ˌriːˈwaɪəd/ /ˌriːˈwaɪərd/ |
past participle rewired | /ˌriːˈwaɪəd/ /ˌriːˈwaɪərd/ |
-ing form rewiring | /ˌriːˈwaɪərɪŋ/ /ˌriːˈwaɪərɪŋ/ |
- rewire something to put new electrical wires into a building or piece of equipment
- The house has been rewired.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRewire is used with these nouns as the subject:- electrician
- house