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regrowth en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English growth English regrowth From re- + growth.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) That which has been regrown after removal.
   • Shami says older adults don’t get looksmaxxing. There has been much hand-wringing in the media over “bone smashing”, for example, an extreme technique that involves taking a hammer to your face to promote more “manly” regrowth when the bones repair, but little evidence that anyone is actually doing it. 2024 February 15, Simon Usborne, “From bone smashing to chin extensions: how ‘looksmaxxing’ is reshaping young men’s faces”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2024:
   • After the forest fire, much of the regrowth consisted of invasive non-native plant species.
2. (uncountable, usually) The process of regrowing.
   • The eventual regrowth of the forest to its primeval state will take centuries, if not millennia.

Forms

Translations (3)

mi pariri (vegetation that returns to an area after the origin vegetation has been removed) · mi waiheuheu (vegetation that returns to an area after the origin vegetation has been removed) · mi ururua (vegetation that returns to an area after the origin vegetation has been removed)