debrain en · VERB
Etymology
From de- + brain.
Meanings
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(transitive) To remove the brain from.
They cracked heads, used Roland’s knife (its edge now dull) to pry open skulls, and removed the brains of their kill. These they put carefully aside, like a clutch of large gray eggs. By the time the last deer was debrained, Susannah’s fingers were so sore and swollen she could hardly bend them.
2004, Stephen King, “Hides”, in The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, New York: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 796:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| debrains | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| debrained | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| debrained | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| debraining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
es descerebrar (to remove the brain) · hu agyatlanít (to remove the brain) · gl esmiolar (to remove the brain) · de enthirnen (to remove the brain)