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desilked

desilked is the simple past and past participle of desilk.

Meaning of desilk

Verb

desilk (third-person singular simple present desilks, present participle desilking, simple past and past participle desilked)

  1. (transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).
    • While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes […]2013, Lynetra T. Griffin, From Whence We Came, page 17
    Synonyms:
    silk

Questions about desilked

What is desilked the simple past and past participle of?
Desilked is the simple past and past participle of desilk.

Words near desilked in the dictionary

  1. desilicifications
  2. desilicified
  3. desiliconisation
  4. desiliconization
  5. desilk
  6. desilked
  7. desilker
  8. desilkers
  9. desilking
  10. desilks
  11. desilo

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