delouse

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdiːˈlaʊs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dē lous′, -louz′)

Inflections of 'delouse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
delouses
v 3rd person singular
delousing
v pres p
deloused
v past
deloused
v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
de•louse  (dē lous′, -louz′),USA pronunciation v.t., -loused, -lous•ing. 
  1. to free of lice;
    remove lice from.
  • de- + louse 1915–20
de•lous′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
delouse / diːˈlaʊs -ˈlaʊz/
  1. (transitive) to rid (a person or animal) of lice as a sanitary measure
'delouse' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
louse

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