To remove fibers from a material; to separate into fibers or break down fibrous structure.
From 'de-' (to remove) plus 'fiber' (from Latin 'fibra,' a thread or filament). Created as a technical term for industrial processes.
When manufacturers defiber wood to make paper or break down plant material for textiles, they're using mechanical or chemical processes that would've seemed like magic a few centuries ago.
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