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DEHORN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take the horns off (an animal)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

take off (take away or remove)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dehorn"):

disbud (destroy undeveloped horn buds (of cattle))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Prevent the growth of horns of certain animals

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dehorn" 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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