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dehead

dehead verb: to remove the head (from).

Verb

dehead (third-person singular simple present deheads, present participle deheading, simple past and past participle deheaded)

  1. (transitive) To remove the head (from).
    • An operator of these types of machines is able to dehead up to 40 fish per minute.1990, Zdzislaw E. Sikorski, Seafood: Resources, Nutritional Composition, and Preservation

Forms of dehead

third-person singular presentdeheads
present participledeheading
past participledeheaded
pastdeheaded
alternative formde-head

Origin of dehead

From de- + head.

Questions about dehead

What does dehead mean?
Dehead means to remove the head (from).
What part of speech is dehead?
Dehead is a verb.
What is the past tense of dehead?
The past tense of dehead is deheaded.

Words near dehead in the dictionary

  1. dehazed
  2. dehazes
  3. dehazing
  4. Dehbozorgi
  5. Dehcho
  6. dehead
  7. deheaded
  8. deheading
  9. deheads
  10. deheat
  11. deheated

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