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dewool

dewool verb: to remove the wool from.

Verb

dewool (third-person singular simple present dewools, present participle dewooling, simple past and past participle dewooled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the wool from.
    • a process for dewooling sheep skins

Forms of dewool

third-person singular presentdewools
present participledewooling
past participledewooled
pastdewooled

Origin of dewool

From de- + wool.

Questions about dewool

What does dewool mean?
Dewool means to remove the wool from.
What part of speech is dewool?
Dewool is a verb.
What is the past tense of dewool?
The past tense of dewool is dewooled.

Words near dewool in the dictionary

  1. dewomanized
  2. dewomanizes
  3. dewomanizing
  4. DeWoody
  5. DeWoodys
  6. dewool
  7. dewooled
  8. dewooling
  9. dewools
  10. deworm
  11. dewormed

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