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depilating

depilating is the present participle and gerund of depilate.

Meaning of depilate

Verb

depilate (third-person singular simple present depilates, present participle depilating, simple past and past participle depilated)

  1. To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.
    • In Siena, the donkey upon which Bernardino had traveled so many miles was literally and thoroughly depilated in the mad rush for miracle-working relics.1999, Franco Mormando, The Preacher’s Demons: Bernardino of Siena and the Social Underworld of Early Renaissance Italy, →ISBN, page 38
    Synonyms:
    hair

Questions about depilating

What is depilating the present participle and gerund of?
Depilating is the present participle and gerund of depilate.

Words near depilating in the dictionary

  1. depilant
  2. depilants
  3. depilate
  4. depilated
  5. depilates
  6. depilating
  7. depilation
  8. depilations
  9. depilator
  10. depilatories
  11. depilators

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