| Main Entry: | molt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shed |
Synonyms: |
cast off, decorticate, doff, exuviate, peel, pull off, slough, take off |
| Main Entry: | pare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | peel, trim |
Synonyms: |
carve, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, decrease, dock, flay, knock off, lop, lower, mark down, prune, reduce, scalp, scrape, shave, shear, skin, skive, slash, strip, thin, uncover |
Antonyms: |
cover |
| Main Entry: | peel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take off outer covering |
Synonyms: |
decorticate, delaminate, desquamate, excorticate, exfoliate, flake, flay, pare, pull off, scale, shave, skin, strip, tear off, uncover |
| Notes: | rind is the hard or tough covering on oranges, grapefruit, and watermelon; once removed, skin or rind is usually known as peel |
Antonyms: |
cover |
| Main Entry: | shave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut outer covering off |
Synonyms: |
barber, brush, clip, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, decorticate, graze, kiss, make bare, pare, peel, plane, prune, shear, shingle, shred, skim, skin, slash, slice thin, sliver, strip, touch, trim |
| 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 |
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: | decorticate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove skin |
Synonyms: |
pare, peel, skin |
| 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 |