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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off outer covering |
| Synonyms: | decorticate, delaminate, desquamate, excorticate, exfoliate, flake, flay, pare, pull off, scale, shave, skin, strip, tear off, uncover |
| Notes: | rind is the hard or tough covering on oranges, grapefruit, and watermelon; once removed, skin or rind is usually known as peel |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | unclothe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strip |
| Synonyms: | decorticate, denude, deprive, despoil, dismantle, displace, disrobe, divest, empty, excorticate, expose, gut, hull, husk, lay bare, lift, peel, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage, remove, rob, scale, shave, shed, shuck, skin, slip out of, spoil, take off, tear*, undress, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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