"defoam" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: defoams [present, singular, third-person], defoaming [participle, present], defoamed [participle, past], defoamed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊm Etymology: de- + foam Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|foam}} de- + foam Head templates: {{en-verb}} defoam (third-person singular simple present defoams, present participle defoaming, simple past and past participle defoamed)
  1. (transitive) To remove the foam from. Tags: transitive Derived forms: defoamer
    Sense id: en-defoam-en-verb-n~vEq31g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

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