Delouse (original) (raw)

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I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they delouse Listen to US pronunciation Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it delouses Listen to US pronunciation Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: deloused Listen to US pronunciation Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: deloused Listen to US pronunciation Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: delousing Listen to US pronunciation Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Free of liceplay

Example:

They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "delouse" 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 somebody

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