Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of removing hair from the skin or from a hide; loss of hair.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing; hair removal.
- noun Removal of
hair ,wool orbristles from the body.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the condition of being void of hair
- noun the act of removing hair (as from an animal skin)
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Examples
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It's called depilation if it removes the surface hair and epilation if it removes hair below the skin.
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Without charity there would be no bathing in cold custard, no public displays of depilation and no outlet for tombola.
The Book of Other People by Zadie Smith (editor): Book summary 2010
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I always get mixed up between depilation & exfoliation something in the alliteration .
Hairy Situations: Embracing Patterns BikeSnobNYC 2010
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And, then there is the Martini Tweeze; a post cocktail depilation that never ends well.
Amy Tara Koch: Pluck You! The Inside Scoop on How to Morph Your Unibrow into the (Facial) Accessory Du Jour Amy Tara Koch 2010
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One thing which Flashman does not mention is the plucking of eyebrows and eyelashes, and one wonders how he managed for several months among people who practised depilation; presumably they tolerated his shaving.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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It starts off with a discussion of the pain involved in vaginal depilation and ends with demonic decapitation.
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And, then there is the Martini Tweeze; a post cocktail depilation that never ends well.
Amy Tara Koch: Pluck You! The Inside Scoop on How to Morph Your Unibrow into the (Facial) Accessory Du Jour Amy Tara Koch 2010
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And, then there is the Martini Tweeze; a post cocktail depilation that never ends well.
Amy Tara Koch: Pluck You! The Inside Scoop on How to Morph Your Unibrow into the (Facial) Accessory Du Jour Amy Tara Koch 2010
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And, then there is the Martini Tweeze; a post cocktail depilation that never ends well.
Amy Tara Koch: Pluck You! The Inside Scoop on How to Morph Your Unibrow into the (Facial) Accessory Du Jour Amy Tara Koch 2010
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And, then there is the Martini Tweeze; a post cocktail depilation that never ends well.
Amy Tara Koch: Pluck You! The Inside Scoop on How to Morph Your Unibrow into the (Facial) Accessory Du Jour Amy Tara Koch 2010
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