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deoil

deoil verb: to remove oil from (a material or surface).

Verb

deoil (third-person singular simple present deoils, present participle deoiling, simple past and past participle deoiled)

  1. (transitive) To remove oil from (a material or surface).

Forms of deoil

third-person singular presentdeoils
present participledeoiling
past participledeoiled
pastdeoiled

Origin of deoil

From de- + oil.

Questions about deoil

What does deoil mean?
Deoil means to remove oil from (a material or surface).
What part of speech is deoil?
Deoil is a verb.
What is the past tense of deoil?
The past tense of deoil is deoiled.

Words near deoil in the dictionary

  1. deodourize
  2. deodourizes
  3. deoffshorization
  4. Deoghar
  5. DEOHC
  6. deoil
  7. deoiled
  8. deoiling
  9. deoils
  10. Deol
  11. Deolali

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