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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

deflesh en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + flesh.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove the flesh from someone or something.
    • Bifacially retouched knives used to deflesh hides and to cut meat or skin can be distinguished by their edge angle and partially by their shape. 1982, Christopher Carr, Handbook on soil resistivity surveying, page 284:

Forms

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defleshes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
defleshing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
defleshed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
defleshed Tense=Past lexicographic