• Devein

    Origin

    From - + vein

    Full definition of devein

    Verb

    1. To remove the veins from
      • 2007, April 15, Allen Salkin, Fire, the Wheel and, of Course, Mop Slippers, The drawers of her recently remodeled kitchen in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, are so full she is now stuffing a hall closet with gadgets, among them a shrimp deveining knife and a marinade injector.
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