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dehorning

dehorning is the present participle and gerund of dehorn.

Meaning of dehorn

Verb

dehorn (third-person singular simple present dehorns, present participle dehorning, simple past and past participle dehorned)

  1. (transitive) To remove the horns from.
    Synonyms:
    poll

Questions about dehorning

What is dehorning the present participle and gerund of?
Dehorning is the present participle and gerund of dehorn.

Words near dehorning in the dictionary

  1. dehooking
  2. dehorn
  3. dehorned
  4. dehorner
  5. dehorners
  6. dehorning
  7. Dehornoy order
  8. dehorns
  9. dehors
  10. dehort
  11. dehortatio

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dehorning (page history and authors); dehorn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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