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desilks

desilks is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 desilks

What is desilks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Desilks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of desilk.

Words near desilks in the dictionary

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

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