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flensing

UK
/ˈflɛn.sɪŋ/
US
/ˈflɛn.sɪŋ/

Translations

flensingadjective
more flensing
Comp.
most flensing
Super.
UK
/ˈflen.sɪŋ/
US
/ˈflɛn.sɪŋ/
Used attributively to describe tools or activities connected with the removal of blubber or skin from marine animals.
Synonyms
deblubbered
pared
eviscerated
peeled
flayed
skinned
stripped
butchered
flensingnoun
The flensing of the whale was a gruesome task.
Разделка кита была ужасной задачей.
Additional translations
снятие шкуры
обработка
Synonyms
disemboweling
removal
skinning
peeling
stripping
flenseverb

flensing

Gerund

flensed
Past Simple
flensed
Past Participle
flensing
Gerund
UK
/flɛnz/
US
/flɛnz/
The hunters flense the whale to obtain its blubber.
Охотники сдирают кожу с кита, чтобы добыть его жир.
Additional translations
обдирать
разделывать
Synonyms
peel
skin
scour
strip
remove

Definitions

flensingadjective
Relating to or used for the removal of blubber or skin from whales or other marine animals.
A flensing knife must be razor-sharp to cut through thick whale blubber.
flensingnoun
The act of stripping blubber or skin from a whale or other marine animal.
The crew spent hours engaged in the flensing of the whale to harvest its valuable blubber.
flenseverb
To strip the blubber or skin from a whale, seal, etc.
The crew worked tirelessly to flense the whale after it was brought aboard.
Figuratively, to remove or strip away something thoroughly or ruthlessly; to cut down to the essentials.
The editor flensed unnecessary words from the manuscript.
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