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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove |
| Synonyms: | cast off, discard, disrobe, peel, put aside, shed, shuck, slip off, strip, take off, undress |
| Notes: | doff 'remove' is a contraction of 'do off' and don is a contraction of 'do on' |
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| Main Entry: | divest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispossess; take off |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bare, bereave, bleed, denudate, denude, deprive, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, disrobe, ditch*, doff, dump, eighty-six, lose, milk, oust, plunder, remove, rob, seize, spoil, strip, take from, unclothe, uncover, undress, unload |
| Antonyms: | clothe, cover, invest, possess, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exfoliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel |
| Synonyms: | desquamate, doff, flake off, scale off, shed |
| Main Entry: | molt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shed |
| Synonyms: | cast off, decorticate, doff, exuviate, peel, pull off, slough, take off |
| Main Entry: | remove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lift or move object; take off, away |
| Synonyms: | abolish, abstract, amputate, carry away, carry off, cart off, clear away, cut out, delete, depose, detach, dethrone, dig out, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, disturb, do away with, doff, efface, eject, eliminate, erase, evacuate, expel, expunge, extract, get rid of, junk*, oust, pull out, purge, raise, relegate, rip out, separate, shed, ship, skim, strike out, take down, take out, tear out, throw out, transfer, transport, unload, unseat, uproot, wipe out, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | fix, place, remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shed |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cast off |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, cashier, cast, diffuse, disburden, discard, doff, drop, emit, exude, exuviate, give, give forth, jettison, junk, let fall, molt, pour forth, radiate, reject, scatter, scrap, send forth, shower, slip, slough, spill, sprinkle, take off, throw, throw away, throw out, yield |
| Antonyms: | put on |
| Main Entry: | undress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off clothes |
| Synonyms: | denude, disarray, dismantle, disrobe, divest oneself, doff, get off, get out of, husk, peel, shed, shock, slip off, slip out of, strip, unattire, uncloak, unclothe, unmask |
| Antonyms: | clothe, dress |
| Main Entry: | slough |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shed |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam*, cashier, cast, diffuse, disburden, discard, doff, drop*, emit, exude, exuviate, give, give forth, jettison, junk*, let fall, molt, pour forth, radiate, reject, scatter, scrap, send forth, shower, slip*, spill, sprinkle, take off, throw, throw away, throw off, throw out, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | undress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
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bald, bald as a coot, bare, bare as the back of one's hand, barefoot, callow, defrocked, discalceate, dishabille, divested, exposed, hairless, in a state of nature, in birthday suit, in buff, in dishabille, in native buff, in nature's garb, leafless, naked, napless, nude, out at elbows, ragged, roofless, scuddy, stark naked, threadbare, undraped, undressed, with nothing on
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