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defleshing

defleshing is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

defleshing (countable and uncountable, plural defleshings)

  1. The act of removing the flesh.
    • In extreme circumstances they would, however, eat a little plant matter and fungus, as well as each other: twelve skeletons from El Sidrón Cave in Spain, bearing marks of death blows and defleshing, offering clear evidence of cannibalism.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 171

Forms of defleshing

pluraldefleshings

Questions about defleshing

What does defleshing mean?
Defleshing means the act of removing the flesh.
What is defleshing the present participle and gerund of?
Defleshing is the present participle and gerund of deflesh.
What part of speech is defleshing?
Defleshing is a noun.
What is the plural of defleshing?
The plural of defleshing is defleshings.

Words near defleshing in the dictionary

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

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