dehead

English

Alternative forms

• de-head

Etymology

From de- +‎ head.

Verb

dehead (third-person singular simple present deheads, present participle deheading, simple past and past participle deheaded)

1. (transitive) To remove the head (from).
   • 1990, Zdzislaw E. Sikorski, Seafood: Resources, Nutritional Composition, and Preservation:

     An operator of these types of machines is able to dehead up to 40 fish per minute.

Anagrams

• headed