Deflea

Quick meaning: Deflea is a verb meaning (transitive) To rid of fleas.

Meaning

(transitive) To rid of fleas.

Example Sentences

I had to deflea our cat with a flea comb, even though it wears a flea collar.

She cares personally for her dogs, feeds them, defleas them, shouts crossly at them when they misbehave.

The DDT powder does not kill the rats; it merely defleas them and lessens the likelihood of the spread of typhus fever from rat to man.

I can get her defleaed. That wouldn't be a problem. I can pay for it now that I've got an after-school job. And Mom's a sucker for strays.

Word Forms

• defleas
• defleaing
• defleaed
• deflead

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flea, defleece, defur, deflorate, dispatch, fleece.

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