English Dictionary

deacon

verb

(Christianity, music) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir. / (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.

The deacon helps with the church service.

意味（1）

(Christianity, music) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.

意味（2）

(US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.

意味（3）

(US, slang) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.

The blanc mange was lumpy, and the strawberries not as ripe as they looked, having been skilfully 'deaconed'.

意味（4）

(US, slang) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.