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defleshes

defleshes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 defleshes

What is defleshes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Defleshes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deflesh.

Words near defleshes in the dictionary

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

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