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debrain

debrain verb: to remove the brain from.

Verb

debrain (third-person singular simple present debrains, present participle debraining, simple past and past participle debrained)

  1. (transitive) To remove the brain from.
    • They cracked heads, used Roland’s knife (its edge now dull) to pry open skulls, and removed the brains of their kill. These they put carefully aside, like a clutch of large gray eggs. By the time the last deer was debrained, Susannah’s fingers were so sore and swollen she could hardly bend them.2004, Stephen King, “Hides”, in The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 796

Forms of debrain

third-person singular presentdebrains
present participledebraining
past participledebrained
pastdebrained

Origin of debrain

From de- + brain.

Questions about debrain

What does debrain mean?
Debrain means to remove the brain from.
What part of speech is debrain?
Debrain is a verb.
What is the past tense of debrain?
The past tense of debrain is debrained.

Words near debrain in the dictionary

  1. debouncing
  2. debound
  3. debounded
  4. deboxamet
  5. Debra
  6. debrain
  7. debrained
  8. debraining
  9. debrains
  10. debran
  11. debranch

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