Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To grow again.
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- verb To
grow again a part that has been lost,shed or destroyed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption
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Examples
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Looking back at my to-do list (previous post) it occurs to me that the whole point of getting the dratted deadline for Chill moved (it looks now as if it will be published for Fall 2009, so never fear; it is not being pushed back a full year) was so I could take some time off from novels and let my brain regrow.
Re: Book sale paypal payments... truepenny 2008
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Well, you could see all of Logan’s flesh gone, and have him walk around as just his adamantium skeleton and vital organs appear, and slowly you will see all of his muscles and skin regrow.
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A pioneering Australian surgery may make it possible for breast cancer patients to "regrow" their breasts.
FOXNews.com 2009
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Jodahs gains the ability to regrow limbs and change shape.
Playing Human in Octavia Butler's Imago Erika Nelson 2009
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Jodahs gains the ability to regrow limbs and change shape.
Archive 2009-10-01 Erika Nelson 2009
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And, luckily, infants have the ability to regrow some nerves, so I got back a lot of my range of motion - but not all.
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If we go too short, will he be able to unhinge supernatural powers and regrow it in two hours time?
Anna De Souza: A Day in the Life of a Male Fashion Model (Pizza, "Haircuts" and Possibly Regrowing a Beard in Two Hours) Anna De Souza 2011
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Local ranchers and farmers have questioned why the pipeline needs to pass through an area where the aquifer runs just a few feet below the ground and the sandy soil makes it harder for vegetation to regrow once it's been disturbed.
Great Plains oil pipeline plan sparks grass-roots activism, high-stakes lobbying Juliet Eilperin 2011
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If we go too short, will he be able to unhinge supernatural powers and regrow it in two hours time?
Anna De Souza: A Day in the Life of a Male Fashion Model (Pizza, "Haircuts" and Possibly Regrowing a Beard in Two Hours) Anna De Souza 2011
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Cork is a renewable resource – it is taken off the trees that regrow it.
Vent your spleen: synthetic corks! | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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