delousing
present participle ofdelouse
delouse
verb[T]
uk/ˌdiːˈlaʊs/us/ˌdiːˈlaʊs/toremovelice(= atypeof verysmallinsect)from thebody,hair, orclothingof apersonor thefurof ananimal
Zoology: veterinary medicine
- altered
- animal doctor
- anti-rabies
- castrate
- castrated
- castration
- cattery
- distemper
- foam
- lame
- leptospirosis
- mange
- mangy
- neutered
- nosema
- putsomethingto sleepidiom
- putsomething/someonedown
- rescue centre
- veterinary
- worm
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Hair care
Cleaning clothes
Examplesofdelousing
delousing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
In the main camp thedelousingplant is still unfinished and the coal ration is less than last year.
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Usually they were told these were showers ordelousingchambers, and there were signs outside saying baths and sauna.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The living quarter samples (negative controls) tested negative, while cyanide residue was found in both thedelousingchambers and the gas chambers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the south-western corner of the camp, separated by a barbed-wire fence, were two hospital blocks, the shower/delousingblock, and the detention block.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Delousingcan also be practically achieved by boiling all clothes and bedding, or washing them at a high temperature.
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- lose-face
- lose ground
- lose-ground
- lose-head
- lose heart
- lose-heart
- lose-heart-to
- lose it
- lose-it
- lose-life
- lose-lose
- lose-lose
- lose-mind
- lose out
- lose-out
- loser
- lose-rag
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- lose-sight-of
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