"decore" meaning in English

See decore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: decores [present, singular, third-person], decoring [participle, present], decored [participle, past], decored [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Middle English core English core English decore From de- + core. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|de-|core|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Middle English core English core English decore [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "of", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*de", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*déh₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "de-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "core", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "core", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "decore", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="decore"> From de- + core. Head templates: {{en-verb}} decore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)
  1. (transitive) To remove the core from. Tags: transitive Derived forms: decorer
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: decores [present, singular, third-person], decoring [participle, present], decored [participle, past], decored [past]
Etymology: Compare French décorer. See decorate. Etymology templates: {{cog|fr|décorer}} French décorer Head templates: {{en-verb}} decore (third-person singular simple present decores, present participle decoring, simple past and past participle decored)
  1. (obsolete) To decorate; to beautify. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-decore-en-verb-FRzpw1Ir Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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