rebuilds

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of rebuild.

   The mechanic rebuilds each engine before it goes back on the road.

   Whenever a server fails, the system automatically rebuilds the index from backups.

   Note

   The -s form a singular subject calls for: she rebuilds, the club rebuilds, while I, you, we and they take plain rebuild. It works with an object or without one. A mechanic rebuilds an engine, but a struggling side simply rebuilds, and in that figurative use it means working back to form after a bad stretch. The same spelling also serves as the plural noun.

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of rebuild.

   The team scheduled several major rebuilds for the aging fleet of trucks.

   Two of last year's rebuilds came in under budget.

   Note

   Each one counted here is a separate undertaking: two rebuilds, several rebuilds, each either the process of building again or its finished result. Sports writing counts something different, the lean periods a team spends trying to climb back from a slump. A following plural verb (the rebuilds are, the rebuilds have) is the quickest way to tell it from the verb form.

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