Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to despine
Participle: despined
Gerund: despining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | despine |
| you | despine |
| he;she;it | despines |
| we | despine |
| you | despine |
| they | despine |
Perfect
| I | have despined |
| you | have despined |
| he;she;it | has despined |
| we | have despined |
| you | have despined |
| they | have despined |
Past
| I | despined |
| you | despined |
| he;she;it | despined |
| we | despined |
| you | despined |
| they | despined |
Pluperfect
| I | had despined |
| you | had despined |
| he;she;it | had despined |
| we | had despined |
| you | had despined |
| they | had despined |
Future
| I | will despine |
| you | will despine |
| he;she;it | will despine |
| we | will despine |
| you | will despine |
| they | will despine |
Future Perfect
| I | will have despined |
| you | will have despined |
| he;she;it | will have despined |
| we | will have despined |
| you | will have despined |
| they | will have despined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | despine |
| you | despine |
| he;she;it | despine |
| we | despine |
| you | despine |
| they | despine |
Perfect
| I | have despined |
| you | have despined |
| he;she;it | have despined |
| we | have despined |
| you | have despined |
| they | have despined |
Imperfect
| I | despined |
| you | despined |
| he;she;it | despined |
| we | despined |
| you | despined |
| they | despined |
Pluperfect
| I | had despined |
| you | had despined |
| he;she;it | had despined |
| we | had despined |
| you | had despined |
| they | had despined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would despine |
| you | would despine |
| he;she;it | would despine |
| we | would despine |
| you | would despine |
| they | would despine |
Perfect
| I | would have despined |
| you | would have despined |
| he;she;it | would have despined |
| we | would have despined |
| you | would have despined |
| they | would have despined |
Imperative
| you | despine |
| we | Let's despine |
| you | despine |
Verbs conjugated like 'despine'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'despine'
despike,
despise,
despite,
destine,
beshine,
bespice,
C-spine,
debrine,
decline,
define,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From de- + spine.
Sample Sentences
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Three specimens are partially decorticated. One of these items is not longitudinally split but is despined while another is longitudinally split into quarters and is despined. The last Yucca thomsoniana specimen is longitudinally split into less than quarter-sized segments and is despined. [1999, Perishable Industries from Hinds Cave, Val Verde County, Texas:]
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Prickly pears, known as tunas in Spanish, produce deliciously juicy fruits. They are sometimes available in Southwestern markets, or can be picked straight off the plants—but take care not to prick your fingers on the spines. (Those for sale in stores have been despined.) [2002, Scott Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Wicca in the Kitchen, page 22:]
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The carrot seed is first put through a despining machine, where the spine is broken through some sort of rubbing action. [2004, Babasaheb B. Desai, Seeds Handbook: Processing And Storage:]