DEPILATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does depilate mean? 

• DEPILATE (verb)
  The verb DEPILATE has 1 sense:

1. remove body hair

  Familiarity information: DEPILATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPILATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they depilate    ... he / she / it depilates   
Past simple: depilated   
Past participle: depilated   
-ing form: depilating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove body hair

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

depilate; epilate

Context example:

epilate her legs

Hypernyms (to "depilate" 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

Derivation:

depilation (the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin))

depilator (a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair)

depilatory (able to remove hair or render hairless)