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detorse

detorse verb: to apply detorsion.

Verb

detorse (third-person singular simple present detorses, present participle detorsing, simple past and past participle detorsed)

  1. To apply detorsion.

Forms of detorse

third-person singular presentdetorses
present participledetorsing
past participledetorsed
pastdetorsed

Origin of detorse

Back-formation from detorsion.

Questions about detorse

What does detorse mean?
Detorse means to apply detorsion.
What part of speech is detorse?
Detorse is a verb.
What is the past tense of detorse?
The past tense of detorse is detorsed.

Words near detorse in the dictionary

  1. detoothers
  2. detoothing
  3. detooths
  4. DeTorres
  5. DeTorreses
  6. detorse
  7. detorsed
  8. detorses
  9. detorsing
  10. detorsion
  11. detorsions

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