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delabel

delabel verb: to remove one or more labels from.

Verb

delabel (third-person singular simple present delabels, present participle (US) delabeling or (UK) delabelling, simple past and past participle (US) delabeled or (UK) delabelled)

  1. To remove one or more labels from.
    • Johnny went through the extra step to delabel the bottles before recycling them.
    • Once divination reveals the deviant and spells out the necessary rite of retribution, the deviant is able to delabel himself by performing this rite, which is also thought to remove the misfortune from the family.2000, Eugene L. Mendonsa, The Politics of Divination
    Synonyms:
    unlabel

Synonyms of delabel

Forms of delabel

third-person singular presentdelabels
present participle USdelabeling
present participle UKdelabelling
past participle USdelabeled
past USdelabeled
past participle UKdelabelled
past UKdelabelled

Origin of delabel

From de- + label.

Questions about delabel

What does delabel mean?
Delabel means to remove one or more labels from.
What part of speech is delabel?
Delabel is a verb.
What is the past tense of delabel?
The past tense of delabel is delabeled.

Words near delabel in the dictionary

  1. Del Vecchio
  2. del.
  3. del. trem.
  4. Dela
  5. Dela Paz
  6. delabel
  7. delabeled
  8. delabeling
  9. delabelled
  10. delabelling
  11. delabels

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