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DISROBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disrobe mean? 

DISROBE (verb)
  The verb DISROBE has 1 sense:

1. get undressedplay

  Familiarity information: DISROBE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISROBE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they disrobe  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it disrobes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: disrobed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: disrobed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: disrobing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Get undressed

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

discase; disrobe; peel; strip; strip down; uncase; unclothe; undress

Context example:

She strips in front of strangers every night for a living

Hypernyms (to "disrobe" is one way to...):

take off (take away or remove)

Verb group:

disinvest; divest; strip; undress (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disrobe"):

take off (remove clothes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

They disrobe
They disrobe themselves


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