"retightening" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: retightenings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} retightening (plural retightenings)
  1. The act or process of tightening something again.
    Sense id: en-retightening-en-noun-V1HtTI9V

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} retightening
  1. present participle and gerund of retighten Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: retighten
    Sense id: en-retightening-en-verb-GAXdVPaU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91

Inflected forms

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