"dehair" meaning in English

See dehair in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dehairs [present, singular, third-person], dehairing [participle, present], dehaired [participle, past], dehaired [past]
Etymology: de- + hair Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|hair}} de- + hair Head templates: {{en-verb}} dehair (third-person singular simple present dehairs, present participle dehairing, simple past and past participle dehaired)
  1. (transitive) To remove the hair from. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dehair-en-verb-6bGHBrz9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

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