"unflesh" meaning in English

See unflesh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unfleshes [present, singular, third-person], unfleshing [participle, present], unfleshed [participle, past], unfleshed [past]
Etymology: un- + flesh Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|flesh}} un- + flesh Head templates: {{en-verb}} unflesh (third-person singular simple present unfleshes, present participle unfleshing, simple past and past participle unfleshed)
  1. (transitive) To strip of flesh.
    To reduce to a skeleton.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unflesh-en-verb-1hQpWEmt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. (transitive) To strip of flesh.
    To remove or consume the fleshy part of.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unflesh-en-verb-oVyv-8Ri Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 39 61

Inflected forms

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