"dehead" meaning in English

See dehead in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: deheads [present, singular, third-person], deheading [participle, present], deheaded [participle, past], deheaded [past]
Etymology: From de- + head. Etymology templates: {{af|en|de-|head}} de- + head Head templates: {{en-verb}} dehead (third-person singular simple present deheads, present participle deheading, simple past and past participle deheaded)
  1. (transitive) To remove the head (from). Tags: transitive Synonyms: de-head
    Sense id: en-dehead-en-verb-tJ7e4s0y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dehead meaning in English (1.4kB)

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