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Defeather

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Defeather"

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befeatherverb(transitive) To deck or cover with feathers.
unfeatherverbTo strip of feathers.
deplumenoun(transitive) To strip of feathers or plumage.
plucknoun(informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
peltnounThe skin of an animal with the hair or wool on; either a raw or undressed hide, or a skin preserved with the hair or wool on it (sometimes worn as a garment with minimal modification).
deplumateverb(transitive) To deplume; to strip of feathers.
defurnoun(transitive) To remove the fur from.
defleeceverbTo remove the fleece from.
defleshverb(transitive) To remove the flesh from someone or something.
defaunateverb(ecology, transitive) To remove the animals from.
unplumeverb(transitive) To strip of plumes or feathers.
dehairverb(transitive) To remove the hair from.
defluffverb(transitive) To remove the fluff from.
plumenounThe vane (“flattened, web-like part”) of a feather, especially when on a quill pen or the fletching of an arrow.
displumeverbTo deprive of feathers or plumes.
unfurverb(transitive) To remove fur from.
debeakverb(transitive) To remove part of the beak of a chicken or other bird to prevent pecking in chicken farms.
hairnoun(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
defangnoun(figuratively) To render (something) harmless.
dehornnoun(transitive) To remove the horns from.

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