"destone" meaning in English

See destone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: destones [present, singular, third-person], destoning [participle, present], destoned [participle, past], destoned [past]
Etymology: de- + stone Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|stone}} de- + stone Head templates: {{en-verb}} destone (third-person singular simple present destones, present participle destoning, simple past and past participle destoned)
  1. (transitive) To remove the stones from. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-destone-en-verb-ZlsxzAyG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for destone meaning in English (1.8kB)

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