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DEGAS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: degassed    , degasses    , degassing   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

French impressionist painter (1834-1917)

Synonyms:

Degas; Edgar Degas; Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove gas from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "degas" 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

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