resize — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To alter the size of something.

   Usage

   • Transitive

2. To change in size.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

Noun

1. An operation that changes the size of something.

Verb

1. To size (apply glue or other primer to a surface) again.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   If the chemicals are too strong, or the sheets remain too long in the bath, or are not thoroughly cleansed from the bleach before they are re-sized, the certain seeds of decay are planted in the paper, and [...] in the course of a few years the enemy will appear, the fibre will decay, and the existence of the books will terminate in a state of white tinder.

Verb

1. change the size of; make the size more appropriate

   Broader terms

   size