Meaning

1 senses

  1. To remove the tusks from (an elephant, a boar, etc.).

    remove the tusks of animals

Origin

From de- + tusk.

From de- + tusk.

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Forms

detusks, detusking, detusked, detusked
Base formdetusk · to detusk
3rd person singulardetusks
Present participledetusking
Past simpledetusked
Past participledetusked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydetusk
he, she, itdetusks

Past simpleLesson

all personsdetusked

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill detusk

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • remove the tusks of animals:tusk

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
detrimentC1detrimentalC1deucedevaluationdevaluedevastateB1
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