"de-tail" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /diːˈteɪl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-de-tail.wav [Southern-England] Forms: de-tails [present, singular, third-person], de-tailing [participle, present], de-tailed [participle, past], de-tailed [past]
Etymology: de- + tail Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|tail}} de- + tail Head templates: {{en-verb}} de-tail (third-person singular simple present de-tails, present participle de-tailing, simple past and past participle de-tailed)
  1. (transitive) To remove the tail from. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-de-tail-en-verb-YBy8cdmk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for de-tail meaning in English (2.2kB)

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        "(transitive) To remove the tail from."
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