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debraining

debraining is the present participle and gerund of debrain.

Meaning of debrain

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

Questions about debraining

What is debraining the present participle and gerund of?
Debraining is the present participle and gerund of debrain.

Words near debraining in the dictionary

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

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