découvreur, n.m., discoverer.
découvrir, v.a., to uncover, to expose, to lay bare, to bare, to unmuffle, to unroof; to see, to spy out, to discover, to disclose; to unveil; to find out, to descry, to discern; to detect. — les racines d’un arbre; to lay bare the roots of a tree. — son jeu; to show one’s cards; to betray oneself. Je lui ai découvert mon cœur; I opened my heart to him. — une mine d’or; to discover a gold mine. — le pot aux roses; to find out the intrigue, the mystery.
se découvrir, v.r., to uncover oneself, to unbosom oneself; to expose oneself; to be detected; to make oneself known, to betray oneself; to clear up (of the sky).
décramponner, v.a., to uncramp, to loosen.
se décramponner, v.r., to let go one’s hold.
décrasse-peigne, n.m., comb-cleaner, comb-brush.
décrasser, v.a., to take off the dirt, to clean, to scour, to polish. — la tête; to clean the head. Il faut — ce jeune homme; that young man requires brushing up.
se décrasser, v.r., to wash, to clean oneself; to polish oneself, to become polished.
décréditement (-dit-mān), n.m., discrediting, discredit; disrepute.
décréditer, v.a., to discredit, to disgrace, to bring into discredit or disrepute.