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Peel

A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

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Verb group 6

Divest 84% connected

To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

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Divest 84% connected

To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Strip 84% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Strip 84% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Undress 84% connected

To divest of clothes; to strip.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Undress 84% connected

To divest of clothes; to strip.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 7

Chip 76% connected

To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pull 76% connected

To draw, or attempt to draw, toward one; to draw forcibly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Remove 76% connected

To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rind 76% connected

The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Strip 76% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Withdraw 76% connected

To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Flay 76% connected

To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Jacket 76% connected

A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

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Derivationally related 4

Peeler 74% connected

One who peels or strips.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Peeler 74% connected

One who peels or strips.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Undress 74% connected

To divest of clothes; to strip.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Undress 74% connected

To divest of clothes; to strip.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 9

Discase 92% connected

To strip; to undress.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disrobe 92% connected

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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flake 92% connected

A paling; a hurdle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pare 92% connected

To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Skin 92% connected

The external membranous integument of an animal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Strip 92% connected

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Uncase 92% connected

To take out of a case or covering; to remove a case or covering from; to uncover.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unclothe 92% connected

To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Undress 92% connected

To divest of clothes; to strip.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 4

Dress 94% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dress 94% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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