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debleat

debleat verb: to devocalize (a goat).

Verb

debleat (third-person singular simple present debleats, present participle debleating, simple past and past participle debleated)

  1. (transitive) To devocalize (a goat).
    • The above operation is similarly performed to "debleat" goats when their vocal manifestations become objectionable to the community.1944, M.S.U. Veterinarian, volumes 5-6, page 24

Forms of debleat

third-person singular presentdebleats
present participledebleating
past participledebleated
pastdebleated

Origin of debleat

From de- + bleat.

Questions about debleat

What does debleat mean?
Debleat means to devocalize (a goat).
What part of speech is debleat?
Debleat is a verb.
What is the past tense of debleat?
The past tense of debleat is debleated.

Words near debleat in the dictionary

  1. debituminizing
  2. deblaterate
  3. deblaterated
  4. deblaterates
  5. deblaterating
  6. debleat
  7. debleated
  8. debleating
  9. debleats
  10. deblend
  11. deblended

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