unflesh

U1N1F4L1E1S1H4

verb

To reduce to a skeleton.

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Meanings

verbunflesh (third-person singular simple present unfleshes, present participle unfleshing, simple past and past participle unfleshed)

present singular third person unfleshes · participle present unfleshing · participle past unfleshed · past unfleshed

  1. To strip of flesh.
    1. transitiveTo reduce to a skeleton.

      Skeleton of unfleshed humanity.

      1827, William Wordsworth, Address to Kilchurn Castle, upon Loch Awe
    2. transitiveTo remove or consume the fleshy part of.

Origin

From un- + flesh.

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APA

unflesh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unflesh

MLA

“unflesh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unflesh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unflesh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unflesh.

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