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DEVEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does devein mean?
• DEVEIN (verb)
The verb DEVEIN has 1 sense:
1. remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)
Familiarity information: DEVEIN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they devein ... he / she / it deveins
Past simple: deveined
Past participle: deveined
-ing form: deveining
... he / she / it deveins Past simple: deveined
Past participle: deveined
-ing form: deveining
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "devein" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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