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flead

flead is the simple past and past participle of flea.

Meaning of flea

Verb

flea (third-person singular simple present fleas, present participle fleaing, simple past and past participle fleaed or flead)

  1. (transitive) To remove fleas from (an animal).
    • I have seen a Lubra, or native woman, suckling two puppies; and, like monkeys, these ladies have a particular fancy for fleaing their dogs.1861, Horace William Wheelwright, Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist, page 192
    Synonyms:
    deflea

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Questions about flead

What is flead the simple past and past participle of?
Flead is the simple past and past participle of flea.

Words near flead in the dictionary

  1. fleabitings
  2. fleabitten
  3. fleaborne
  4. fleabrain
  5. fleabrains
  6. flead
  7. fleadh
  8. fleadhs
  9. fleaed
  10. Fleagle
  11. Fleagles

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