Meaning

3 senses
  1. To remove lice from.

    A veterinarian could delouse your dog.

    entlausen

    вычёсывать вшейvyčósyvatʹ všej

    free of lice

  2. To apply insecticides or insect repellents to, in order to be sure that no lice or other parasites are present.

    During the Korean Conflict, American soldiers were deloused with DDT upon entering basic training.

  3. (transitive)To remove malicious software, such as viruses, trojans, spyware, or worms, from.

    A deloused computer may still be considered no longer trustworthy.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. All workers are required to disrobe and enter the delousing chamber.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to remove lice from:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to remove lice from:

Forms

delouses, delousing, deloused, deloused
Base formdelouse · to delouse
3rd person singulardelouses
Present participledelousing
Past simpledeloused
Past participledeloused

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydelouse
he, she, itdelouses

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeloused

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill delouse

Word family

2 related words
Relateddemouse
Deriveddelouser

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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