verb
- to remove the dark vein from a shrimp or prawn before cooking
Usage: culinary
Examples
- Make sure to devein the shrimp before adding them to the pasta.
- The recipe calls for peeled and deveined prawns.
- She carefully deveined each shrimp with a small knife.
- You can buy shrimp already deveined from the seafood counter.
- The chef showed us how to devein shrimp quickly and efficiently.
- Don’t forget to devein the shrimp or the dish will taste gritty.