| deplume | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. deplume, displume | strip of honors, possessions, or attributes. |
| ~ despoil, foray, pillage, ransack, reave, rifle, loot, plunder, strip | steal goods; take as spoils.; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" |
| v. (contact) | 2. deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tear | strip of feathers.; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" |
| ~ strip | remove the surface from.; "strip wood" |
| divest | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. deprive, divest, strip | take away possessions from someone.; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" |
| ~ unarm, disarm | take away the weapons from; render harmless. |
| ~ expropriate | deprive of possessions.; "The Communist government expropriated the landowners" |
| ~ clean | deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc..; "The other players cleaned him completely" |
| ~ take | take into one's possession.; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| ~ dispossess | deprive of the possession of real estate. |
| ~ clean out | deprive completely of money or goods.; "The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours" |
| ~ unclothe | strip.; "unclothe your heart of envy" |
| ~ unsex | deprive of sex or sexual powers. |
| ~ orphan | deprive of parents. |
| ~ bereave | deprive through death. |
| v. (social) | 2. disinvest, divest | deprive of status or authority.; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" |
| ~ dethrone | remove a monarch from the throne.; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned" |
| ~ discharge, free | free from obligations or duties. |
| ~ defrock, unfrock | divest of the frock; of church officials. |
| v. (possession) | 3. disinvest, divest | reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment).; "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa" |
| ~ draw off, take out, withdraw, draw | remove (a commodity) from (a supply source).; "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank" |
| v. (change) | 4. disinvest, divest, strip, undress | remove (someone's or one's own) clothes.; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" |
| ~ discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, peel, unclothe | get undressed.; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| fleece | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. fleece | the wool of a sheep or similar animal. |
| ~ wool | fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving. |
| n. (substance) | 2. fleece, sheepskin | tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing. |
| ~ leather | an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning. |
| ~ golden fleece | in Greek mythology, a fleece of gold owned by the king of Colchis and guarded in a sacred grove by a dragon; recovered by Jason and the Argonauts. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. fleece | a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing. |
| ~ cloth, fabric, textile, material | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
| n. (animal) | 4. fleece, wool | outer coat of especially sheep and yaks. |
| ~ pelage, coat | growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal. |
| v. (possession) | 5. fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge | rip off; ask an unreasonable price. |
| ~ extort, gouge, wring, rack, squeeze | obtain by coercion or intimidation.; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" |
| ~ bill, charge | demand payment.; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" |
| ~ cheat, rip off, chisel | deprive somebody of something by deceit.; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money" |
| v. (contact) | 6. fleece, shear | shear the wool from.; "shear sheep" |
| ~ shave, trim | cut closely.; "trim my beard" |
| divest | | |
| fleece | | |
| deplume | | |
| pluck | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. gutsiness, pluck, pluckiness | the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury. |
| ~ fearlessness | the trait of feeling no fear. |
| n. (act) | 2. pluck | the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord. |
| ~ pull, pulling | the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" |
| v. (contact) | 3. pick off, pluck, pull off, tweak | pull or pull out sharply.; "pluck the flowers off the bush" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ draw off, draw away, pull off | remove by drawing or pulling.; "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese" |
| ~ tweeze | pluck with tweezers.; "tweeze facial hair" |
| v. (possession) | 4. hustle, pluck, roll | sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity. |
| ~ steal | take without the owner's consent.; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| v. (contact) | 5. pick, pluck, plunk | pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion.; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ twang | pluck (strings of an instrument).; "He twanged his bow" |
| v. (contact) | 6. cull, pick, pluck | look for and gather.; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" |
| ~ gather, pull together, collect, garner | assemble or get together.; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
| ~ mushroom | pick or gather mushrooms.; "We went mushrooming in the Fall" |
| ~ berry | pick or gather berries.; "We went berrying in the summer" |
| pubic hair | | |
| n. (body) | 1. bush, crotch hair, pubic hair | hair growing in the pubic area. |
| ~ adult body | the body of an adult human being. |
| ~ hair | a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss.; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" |
| ~ minge | vulgar term for a woman's pubic hair or genitals. |
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