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husking
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off one's clothes |
| Synonyms: | bare, denudate, denude, deprive, dismantle, divest, doff, husk, peel*, remove, shed, shuck, slip out of, strip, take it off, unbutton, unclothe, uncover, undress |
| Antonyms: | clothe, put on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove outer covering |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bare, bark, cast, cut off, decorticate, excoriate, exuviate, flay, gall, graze, hull, husk, lay bare, pare, peel, pull off, remove, rind, scale, scalp, scrape, shave, shed, shuck, slough, strip, trim |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Antonyms: | cover |
| Main Entry: | strip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bare, uncover |
| 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, unclothe, undress, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | clothe, cover |
| 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: | shuck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove outer layer |
| Synonyms: | discard, ditch, husk, jettison, peel, pod, remove, shed, shell, strip, worthless |
| Main Entry: | unwrap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | open |
| Synonyms: | free, husk, peel, shuck, uncover, undo, unpack, unroll, untie |
| Antonyms: | cover, pack, wrap |
| 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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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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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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