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to deflesh

to deflesh

1 9.9
To remove meat from bones for study or display
  • verb
  • /dɪˈflɛʃ/
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  • Archaeologists often deflesh ancient bones to better analyze the health and diet of past civilizations.

Examples

  • They were thoroughly defleshed, however.

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  • The scientist used specialized tools to deflesh the animal bones for research purposes.

  • Before the examination, the technician had to deflesh the remains to study the skeletal structure.

Synonyms

to skeletonize
vsto deflesh
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1 8.9

To remove the flesh from a body until only the bones remain

removes flesh but does not necessarily leave only bones exposed

Antonyms

to preserve
496 3.4

To keep people and things safe from harm or change

to retain
60 3.0

To hold something inside so it does not escape

How Complete

to flay
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15 9.3
to deflesh
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1 9.9
to strip
42 2.7
to scrape
62 1.2

Surface Forms

deflesh infinitive
defleshed past
defleshed past participle
defleshing present participle
defleshes third person singular

Morphology

deflesh = flesh (transparent) = de + flesh

This is a regular removal sense of the productive prefix 'de-' added to the noun 'flesh', yielding the meaning 'remove flesh from'.

Etymology

Deflesh comes from the parts de- meaning 'remove' and flesh meaning 'soft tissue'. So, it literally means to take the flesh away from bones or another surface, often for study or preparation.