divest+of+covering
111skin — Synonyms and related words: C, C note, G, G note, IUD, ablate, abrade, abrase, acne, acne vulgaris, bag, bark, barrel, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, beeline, best, bill, birth control device, blame, bleed, bleed white,… …
112devest — v. strip, denude, remove clothing or other covering; dispossess, deprive of; get rid of; transfer rights; cancel rights (also divest) …
113devested — v. strip, denude, remove clothing or other covering; dispossess, deprive of; get rid of; transfer rights; cancel rights (also divest) …
114devesting — v. strip, denude, remove clothing or other covering; dispossess, deprive of; get rid of; transfer rights; cancel rights (also divest) …
115devests — v. strip, denude, remove clothing or other covering; dispossess, deprive of; get rid of; transfer rights; cancel rights (also divest) …
116dismantle — dis•man•tle [[t]dɪsˈmæn tl[/t]] v. t. tled, tling 1) to deprive or strip of apparatus, trappings, equipment, etc 2) to take apart 3) to divest of dress, covering, etc • Etymology: 1570–80; < MF desmanteler. See dis I, mantle dis•man′tle•ment,… …
117strip — I [[t]strɪp[/t]] v. stripped stript, strip•ping, 1) to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind[/ex] 2) to deprive of clothing 3) to remove: to strip sheets from a bed[/ex] 4) to deprive; divest: stripped of one s rights[/ex] 5) to clear …
118strip — I. /strɪp / (say strip) verb (stripped or, Rare, stript, stripping) –verb (t) 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to deprive or divest: to strip a tree of its fruit. 4. to… …
119draw off — verb 1. remove by drawing or pulling (Freq. 1) She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese • Syn: ↑draw away, ↑pull off • Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑ …
120exuviae — n.pl. (also treated as sing.) an animal s cast skin or covering. Derivatives: exuvial adj. Etymology: L, = animal s skins, spoils of the enemy, f. exuere divest oneself of …
