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DISROBE
undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel
(verb) get undressed; “please don’t undress in front of everybody!”; “She strips in front of strangers every night for a living”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disrobe (third-person singular simple present disrobes, present participle disrobing, simple past and past participle disrobed)
(transitive) To undress someone or something.
Synonyms: dismantle, divest, strip, unclothe, uncover, undress
(intransitive) To undress oneself.
Synonyms: strip, get undressed
Anagrams
• beroids, boreids, borides, brodies
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*robe" (; see Dis-), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Disrobed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disrobing.]
Definition: To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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