"debrain" meaning in English

See debrain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: debrains [present, singular, third-person], debraining [participle, present], debrained [participle, past], debrained [past]
Etymology: de- + brain Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|brain}} de- + brain Head templates: {{en-verb}} debrain (third-person singular simple present debrains, present participle debraining, simple past and past participle debrained)
  1. (transitive) To remove the brain from. Tags: transitive Translations (to remove the brain): esmiolar (Galician), enthirnen (German), agyatlanít (Hungarian), descerebrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-debrain-en-verb-7vYQ9YUm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for debrain meaning in English (1.9kB)

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        "(transitive) To remove the brain from."
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          "sense": "to remove the brain",
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      "sense": "to remove the brain",
      "word": "esmiolar"
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      "sense": "to remove the brain",
      "word": "enthirnen"
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