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depetal

depetal verb: to strip of petals.

Verb

depetal (third-person singular simple present depetals, present participle (US) depetaling or (UK) depetalling, simple past and past participle (US) depetaled or (UK) depetalled)

  1. (transitive) To strip of petals.
    • Across from it is “Danaë,” in which a giant blackened depetaled sunflower emerges from a pile of lead books.2007 October 21, Amy Serafin, “The Louvre Now Accepts the Living”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    dispetal

Synonyms of depetal

Forms of depetal

third-person singular presentdepetals
present participle USdepetaling
present participle UKdepetalling
past participle USdepetaled
past USdepetaled
past participle UKdepetalled
past UKdepetalled

Origin of depetal

From de- + petal.

Questions about depetal

What does depetal mean?
Depetal means to strip of petals.
What part of speech is depetal?
Depetal is a verb.
What is the past tense of depetal?
The past tense of depetal is depetaled.

Words near depetal in the dictionary

  1. depersonating
  2. depersoned
  3. depersoning
  4. depersons
  5. deperturb
  6. depetal
  7. depetaled
  8. depetaling
  9. depetalled
  10. depetalling
  11. depetals

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