devocalize (English, verb)
expansion: devocalize (third-person singular simple present devocalizes, present participle devocalizing, simple past and past participle devocalized)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
tags: transitive
glosses: To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: devocalizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: devocalizing
tags: participle
present
form: devocalized
tags: participle
past
form: devocalized
tags: past