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delustre

delustre verb: to remove the lustre from yarn, typically by adding a pigment at spinning time.

Verb

delustre (third-person singular simple present delustres, present participle delustring, simple past and past participle delustred)

  1. To remove the lustre from yarn, typically by adding a pigment at spinning time

Forms of delustre

third-person singular presentdelustres
present participledelustring
past participledelustred
pastdelustred

Origin of delustre

From de- + lustre.

Questions about delustre

What does delustre mean?
Delustre means to remove the lustre from yarn, typically by adding a pigment at spinning time.
What part of speech is delustre?
Delustre is a verb.
What is the past tense of delustre?
The past tense of delustre is delustred.

Words near delustre in the dictionary

  1. delustered
  2. delustering
  3. delusters
  4. delustrant
  5. delustrants
  6. delustre
  7. delustred
  8. delustres
  9. delustring
  10. deluvia
  11. deluvial

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