Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To deprive of a crown; to discrown.

  2. (transitive)To decoronate (a tooth).

  3. (transitive)To remove the crown of a pineapple, strawberry, etc.

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To deprive of supremacy or exaltedness.

Origin

From de- + crown, or French découronner.

From de- + crown, or French découronner.

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Forms

decrowns, decrowning, decrowned, decrowned
Base formdecrown · to decrown
3rd person singulardecrowns
Present participledecrowning
Past simpledecrowned
Past participledecrowned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydecrown
he, she, itdecrowns

Past simpleLesson

all personsdecrowned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave decrowned
he, she, ithas decrowned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill decrown

Synonyms

2 synonyms
discrownuncrown

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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