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DEPILATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does depilate mean?
• DEPILATE (verb)
The verb DEPILATE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DEPILATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they depilate
... he / she / it depilates

Past simple: depilated

Past participle: depilated

-ing form: depilating





Past simple: depilated


Past participle: depilated


-ing form: depilating


Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove body hair
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
depilate; epilate
Context example:
epilate her legs
Hypernyms (to "depilate" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
depilation (the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin))
depilator (a cosmetic for temporary removal of undesired hair)
depilatory (able to remove hair or render hairless)
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