Meaning of DISEMBOWEL
| Pronunciation: | | `disem'bawul
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[v] remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken" |
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DISEMBOWEL is a 10 letter word that starts with D. |
| | Synonyms: | | draw, eviscerate |
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| | See Also: | | remove, take, take away, withdraw | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dis`em*bow"el\ (d[i^]s`[e^]m*bou"[e^]l), v. t. [See
{Embowel}.]
1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to
eviscerate.
Soon after their death, they are disemboweled.
--Cook.
Roaring floods and cataracts that sweep From
disemboweled earth the virgin gold. --Thomson.
2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
[R.] ``Her disemboweled web.'' --J. Philips.
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