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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

desilk en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + silk.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To remove the silk from (corn).
    • While we shucked and silked the corn, we talked, sang old nursery rhymes […] 2013, Lynetra T. Griffin, From Whence We Came, page 17:

Forms

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desilked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
desilked Tense=Past lexicographic
desilks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
desilking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

desilker

Synonyms

silk