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delimb

delimb verb: to cut the limbs from.

Verb

delimb (third-person singular simple present delimbs, present participle delimbing, simple past and past participle delimbed)

  1. (transitive) To cut the limbs from.
    • Statues are decapitated and delimbed, hacksawed into pieces that can be carried off and sold for their weight, not their grace.2008 June 18, Jim Dwyer, “Bronze Eagles Owe Survival to Drug Dealer”, in New York Times

Forms of delimb

third-person singular presentdelimbs
present participledelimbing
past participledelimbed
pastdelimbed

Origin of delimb

From de- + limb.

Questions about delimb

What does delimb mean?
Delimb means to cut the limbs from.
What part of speech is delimb?
Delimb is a verb.
What is the past tense of delimb?
The past tense of delimb is delimbed.

Words near delimb in the dictionary

  1. Delila
  2. Delilah
  3. Delilahs
  4. DeLillo
  5. DeLillos
  6. delimb
  7. delimbed
  8. delimbing
  9. delimbs
  10. delime
  11. delimed

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