deflesh

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verb

To remove the flesh from someone or something.

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Meanings

verbdeflesh (third-person singular simple present defleshes, present participle defleshing, simple past and past participle defleshed)

present singular third person defleshes · participle present defleshing · participle past defleshed · past defleshed

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From de- + flesh.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

fleshed
Cite this entry
APA

deflesh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflesh

MLA

“deflesh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflesh. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deflesh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deflesh.

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