DEHORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dehorn mean? 

• DEHORN (verb)
  The verb DEHORN has 2 senses:

1. prevent the growth of horns of certain animals

2. take the horns off (an animal)

  Familiarity information: DEHORN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEHORN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they dehorn    ... he / she / it dehorns   
Past simple: dehorned   
Past participle: dehorned   
-ing form: dehorning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prevent the growth of horns of certain animals

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dehorn" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take the horns off (an animal)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dehorn" is one way to...):

take off (take away or remove)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dehorn"):

disbud (destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something