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desilking

desilking is the present participle and gerund 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 desilking

What is desilking the present participle and gerund of?
Desilking is the present participle and gerund of desilk.

Words near desilking in the dictionary

  1. desiliconization
  2. desilk
  3. desilked
  4. desilker
  5. desilkers
  6. desilking
  7. desilks
  8. desilo
  9. desiloed
  10. desiloing
  11. desiloization

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