devein en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English vein English devein From de- + vein.
Meanings
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(transitive) To remove the vein-like colon from (shrimp).
The drawers of her recently remodeled kitchen in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, are so full she is now stuffing a hall closet with gadgets, among them a shrimp deveining knife and a marinade injector.
2007 April 15, Allen Salkin, “Fire, the Wheel and, of Course, Mop Slippers”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| deveining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| deveined | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| deveined | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| deveins | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |