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Flense
UK
/flɛnz/
US
/flɛnz/
Translation of "flense" into Russian
flense
Verb
UK
/flɛnz/
US
/flɛnz/
flense
flenses
flensed Past Simple / Past Participle
flensing Gerund
The hunters flense the whale to obtain its blubber.
Охотники сдирают кожу с кита, чтобы добыть его жир.
Definitions
flense
Verb
UK
/flɛnz/
US
/flɛnz/
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.