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deflesh

deflesh verb: to remove the flesh from someone or something.

Verb

deflesh (third-person singular simple present defleshes, present participle defleshing, simple past and past participle defleshed)

  1. (transitive) To remove the flesh from someone or something.
    • Bifacially retouched knives used to deflesh hides and to cut meat or skin can be distinguished by their edge angle and partially by their shape.1982, Christopher Carr, Handbook on soil resistivity surveying, page 284

Forms of deflesh

third-person singular presentdefleshes
present participledefleshing
past participledefleshed
pastdefleshed

Origin of deflesh

From de- + flesh.

Questions about deflesh

What does deflesh mean?
Deflesh means to remove the flesh from someone or something.
What part of speech is deflesh?
Deflesh is a verb.
What is the past tense of deflesh?
The past tense of deflesh is defleshed.

Words near deflesh in the dictionary

  1. deflects
  2. defleece
  3. defleeced
  4. defleeces
  5. defleecing
  6. deflesh
  7. defleshed
  8. defleshes
  9. defleshing
  10. defleshings
  11. deflex

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