"taft" meaning in English

See taft in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tafts [present, singular, third-person], tafting [participle, present], tafted [participle, past], tafted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} taft (third-person singular simple present tafts, present participle tafting, simple past and past participle tafted)
  1. (transitive, plumbing) To spread the end of a pipe outward so as to form a wide thin flange. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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        "To spread the end of a pipe outward so as to form a wide thin flange."
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        "(transitive, plumbing) To spread the end of a pipe outward so as to form a wide thin flange."
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        "To spread the end of a pipe outward so as to form a wide thin flange."
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