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defleshed

defleshed is the simple past and past participle of deflesh.

Meaning of deflesh

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

Questions about defleshed

What is defleshed the simple past and past participle of?
Defleshed is the simple past and past participle of deflesh.

Words near defleshed in the dictionary

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

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