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desticker en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + sticker.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To remove a sticker from.
    • Once the load has cooled, it should be destickered as soon as possible, wrapped and held in dry storage, to prevent any uptake of moisture, until being forwarded to the customer. 2012, R. B. Keey, T. A. G. Langrish, J. C. F. Walker, Kiln-Drying of Lumber, page 243:
    • Going through store, straightening, putting away books left lying around by customers. Tuesdays: New PLU list arrives, telling us which books are on the bestseller fixtures. These must be stickered/destickered. 2002, Gayle Backstrom, I'd Rather be Working, page 230:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
destickered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
destickered Tense=Past lexicographic
destickering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
destickers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic