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EPILATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of removing hair (as from an animal skin)
Synonyms:
depilation; epilation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("epilation" is a kind of...):
cleaning; cleansing; cleanup (the act of making something clean)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "epilation"):
shave; shaving (the act of removing hair with a razor)
electrolysis (removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Loss of hair; the result of removing hair
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("epilation" is a kind of...):
loss (gradual decline in amount or activity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "epilation"):
psilosis (falling out of hair)