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