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flense

/flɛns/

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verb

/flɛns/C2formaltechnical
  • ruГлагол, используемый для описания процесса снятия жира или кожи с кита, тюленя или подобного морского животного.

A verb used to describe the act of stripping the blubber or skin from a whale, seal, or similar marine animal.

  1. Strip blubber or skinC2formal

    To remove the blubber or outer skin from a whale, seal, or similar marine animal.

    ruСнимать жир или кожу

    • The whalers began to flense the whale on the deck of the ship.
    • They used sharp knives to flense the seal's skin from its body.
    • The process of flensing a whale is both dangerous and labor-intensive.

    Synonymsflayskinstrip

Forms
  • flensed past participle
  • flensed past simple
  • flensing present participle
  • flenses third person singular