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to deflower

1 7.9

To remove the flowers from a plant

verb
/dɪˈflaʊər/

: retirar las flores

After the summer, we deflowered the rose bushes to promote new growth next season.

Examples

To create a beautiful arrangement, he deflowered the garden's brightest blooms.
Deflowered?

Just Married (2003)
- Richard Gere likes gerbils but only when they're deflowered.

Watch Out (2008)
She carefully deflowered the bouquet to prepare it for the vase.

Synonyms

to deadhead

vsto deflower

Specialized

2 6.1

To remove dead flowers from a plant to help it make more blooms

removes flowers generally without focusing on their condition

Antonyms

flowering

15 2.0

The time when a plant makes many blossoms

blooming

1 1.8

The time when a plant produces flowers

How Thorough

to denude

5 7.8

to strip

Specialized

1 6.5

to deflower

1 7.9

to pluck

77 3.5

snip

1 4.1

Surface Forms

deflower infinitive

deflowered past

deflowered past participle

deflowering present participle

deflowers third person singular

Morphology

deflower = flower (transparent) = de + flower

This is a regular removal verb built from 'de-' plus 'flower', meaning to remove flowers from something.

Etymology

Deflower also uses de- 'remove' plus flower 'flower', and in a literal way it means to take the flowers off a plant or bouquet, which is what gardeners or florists do.