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trepanned

trepanned is the simple past and past participle of trepan.

Meaning of trepan

Verb

trepan (third-person singular simple present trepans, present participle trepanning, simple past and past participle trepanned)

  1. (transitive) To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.
  2. To use a trepan; to trephine.

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Words formed from trepanned

Questions about trepanned

What is trepanned the simple past and past participle of?
Trepanned is the simple past and past participle of trepan.

Words near trepanned in the dictionary

  1. trepanizations
  2. trepanize
  3. trepanized
  4. trepanizes
  5. trepanizing
  6. trepanned
  7. trepanner
  8. trepanners
  9. trepanning
  10. trepannings
  11. trepanomatosis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trepanned (page history and authors); trepan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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