DEVEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does devein mean? 

• DEVEIN (verb)
  The verb DEVEIN has 1 sense:

1. remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)

  Familiarity information: DEVEIN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVEIN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they devein    ... he / she / it deveins   
Past simple: deveined   
Past participle: deveined   
-ing form: deveining   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "devein" is one way to...):

get rid of; remove (dispose of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something