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Definition of pulp verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pulp

verb
 
/pʌlp/
 
/pʌlp/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pulp
 
/pʌlp/
 
/pʌlp/
he / she / it pulps
 
/pʌlps/
 
/pʌlps/
past simple pulped
 
/pʌlpt/
 
/pʌlpt/
past participle pulped
 
/pʌlpt/
 
/pʌlpt/
-ing form pulping
 
/ˈpʌlpɪŋ/
 
/ˈpʌlpɪŋ/
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  1. pulp something to press hard on or beat something so that it becomes soft and wet
    • Unsold copies of the novel had to be pulped.
    • pulped fruit
    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the soft fleshy part of fruit): from Latin pulpa. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.
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