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defibrates

defibrates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defibrate.

Meaning of defibrate

Verb

defibrate (third-person singular simple present defibrates, present participle defibrating, simple past and past participle defibrated)

  1. (transitive) To break into fibers.
    • We need to defibrate the rags before we can make paper.

Questions about defibrates

What is defibrates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Defibrates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defibrate.

Words near defibrates in the dictionary

  1. defibered
  2. defibering
  3. defibers
  4. defibrate
  5. defibrated
  6. defibrates
  7. defibrating
  8. defibration
  9. defibrations
  10. defibrator
  11. defibrators

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