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dehorned

/diˈhɔːrnd/ /diˈhɔːrnd/

Meanings
verb
To remove the horns from.

Examples :

"The farmer dehorned the young calves to prevent them from hurting each other. "
animal agriculture

Related Words

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each noun

/iːt͡ʃ/ /it͡ʃ/

(operations) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.

""The bakery sells cupcakes individually, priced at two dollars each." "

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from preposition

/fɹɒm/ /fɹʌm/

Used to indicate source or provenance.

"I got a letter from my brother."

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calves noun

/kɑːvz/ /kævz/

A young cow or bull.

"The farmer carefully watched the calves playing in the pasture. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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hurting verb

/ˈhɜːrtɪŋ/ /ˈhʌrtɪŋ/

To be painful.

"Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better."

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other noun

/ˈɐðə/ /ʊðə/ /ˈʌðɚ/

An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.

"My brother is a different person; he's an other, not like me at all. "

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remove noun

/ɹɪˈmuːv/

The act of removing something.

"The removal of the old furniture was a big project for the family. "

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prevent verb

/pɹəˈvɛnt/

To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).

"I brush my teeth regularly to prevent them from turning yellow."

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them pronoun

/ðʌm/

(plural) Those ones.

"The children asked their teacher for help with those math problems; she explained them. "

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farmer noun

/fɑːmə/ /fɑɹmɚ/

A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock, especially on a farm.

"The farmer planted corn in his fields every spring. "

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young noun

/jʌŋ/

People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.

"The young of today are well-educated."

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horns noun

/hɔːnz/ /hɔɹnz/

A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.

"The bull used its horns to defend itself in the pasture. "