(~s, replacing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If one thing or person ~s another, the first is used or acts instead of the second.
The council tax ~s the poll tax next April.
...the city lawyer who ~d Bob as chairman of the company...
The smile disappeared to be ~d by a doleful frown.
VERB: V n, V n as n, be V-ed with/by n
2.
If you ~ one thing or person with another, you put something or someone else in their place to do their job.
I clean out all the grease and ~ it with oil so it works better in very low temperatures...
The BBC decided it could not ~ her.
VERB: V n with/by n, V n
3.
If you ~ something that is broken, damaged, or lost, you get a new one to use instead.
The shower that we put in a few years back has broken and we cannot afford to ~ it.
VERB: V n
4.
If you ~ something, you put it back where it was before.
The line went dead. Whitlock ~d the receiver...
Replace the caps on the bottles.
VERB: V n, V n prep