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Deferment
- noun - act of putting off to a future time
Deferring
- verb - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
- to put off till later
- yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure"
Deficient
- adjective - falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
- inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
- of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"
Deflating
- verb - become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"
- collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"
- produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"
- reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"
- reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
- release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"
Defogging
- verb - free from mist; "demist the car windows"
Defoliant
- noun - a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off
Deforming
- verb -
- alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"
- assume a different shape or form
- become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"
- make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"
- twist and press out of shape
Defraying
- verb - bear the expenses of
Deglazing
- verb - dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring