"dehusk" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dehusks [present, singular, third-person], dehusking [participle, present], dehusked [participle, past], dehusked [past]
Etymology: de- + husk Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|husk}} de- + husk Head templates: {{en-verb}} dehusk (third-person singular simple present dehusks, present participle dehusking, simple past and past participle dehusked)
  1. (transitive) To remove the husk from (a coconut or cereal grain). Tags: transitive Translations (remove the husk): desclovellar (Catalan), lestä (Finnish), hüvelyez (Hungarian), héjtalanít (Hungarian), héjat eltávolít (Hungarian), hüvelyből kifejt (Hungarian), desfarfollar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dehusk-en-verb-LpbYfUnP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "remove the husk",
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          "sense": "remove the husk",
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