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skeletonises

/ˈskelɪtənaɪzɪz/

Meanings
verb
To reduce to a skeleton.

Examples :

"The desert sun quickly skeletonises any animal carcass left exposed. "
body anatomy biology medicine

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Illustration exposed

exposed verb

/ɪkˈspoʊzd/ /ɛkˈspoʊzd/

To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce to.

"The newspaper exposed the company's illegal dumping of waste. "

Illustration quickly

quickly adverb

/ˈkwɪkli/

Rapidly; with speed; fast.

"The teacher explained the new math concept quickly. "

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skeleton noun

/ˈskɛlətən/

The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

"The doctor showed us an X-ray of the patient's skeleton to explain the broken bone. "

Illustration any

any adverb

/ˈæni/ /ˈɛni/

To even the slightest extent, at all.

"I will not remain here any longer."

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to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

Illustration sun

sun noun

/sʌn/

A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.

"Our solar system's sun provides the light and warmth necessary for life on Earth. "

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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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desert noun

/dɪˈzɜːt/ /dəˈzɝt/ /ˈdɛzət/ /ˈdɛzɚt/

(usually in the plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward

"His poor grades were a desert of his lack of effort. "

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left noun

/lɛft/

The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.

"The political left is holding too much power."

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carcass noun

/ˈkɑːkəs/ /ˈkɑɹkəs/

The body of a dead animal.

"The vultures circled overhead, waiting to feed on the deer carcass lying in the field. "

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reduce verb

/ɹɪˈdjuːs/ /ɹɪˈduːs/

To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.

"to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc."

Illustration animal

animal noun

/ˈænɪməl/

In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

"A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants."