desilk

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verb

To remove the silk from (corn).

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Meanings

verbdesilk (third-person singular simple present desilks, present participle desilking, simple past and past participle desilked)

present singular third person desilks · participle present desilking · participle past desilked · past desilked

  1. transitiveTo 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

    Synonyms: silk

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo remove the silk from (corn).

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silk

Origin

From de- + silk.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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