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UNCLOTHE
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Irregular inflected form: unclad
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get undressed
Example:
She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
Synonyms:
discase; disrobe; peel; strip; strip down; uncase; unclothe; undress
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "unclothe" is one way to...):
take off (take away or remove)
Verb group:
disinvest; divest; strip; undress (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unclothe"):
take off (remove clothes)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take the covers off
Example:
She unclothed her innermost feelings
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "unclothe" is one way to...):
expose; uncover (remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Strip
Example:
unclothe your heart of envy
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "unclothe" is one way to...):
deprive; divest; strip (take away possessions from someone)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody of something
