transitive. To put off, take off, remove (something that is on). Cf. doff, v. Now archaic.

transitive. To put (something that one is holding or carrying) down upon the ground or any other surface; to put off, discard (a garment, armour)…

to weve off: to throw off (a garment). Cf. waive, v.2 4a.

figurative. To divest or dispossess (a person, oneself) of attributes, titles, rights, honours, offices, etc. Const. †out of, †from, of.

transitive. To put off or take off from the body (clothing, or anything worn or borne); to take off or ‘raise’ (the head-gear) by way of a salutation…

To detach, cast loose, let go: chiefly Nautical. †Also with forth. †to loose out (a knife): to unsheathe it. †Also, to remove (an article of…

transitive. To remove or take off (clothing, etc.).

To throw off (clothes). Now chiefly dialect (esp. Scottish), except where it has the sense of ‘discard’, = throw off for good or for the season…

transitive. To remove (an item of clothing or something worn) from the person; to divest oneself or another of. Opposed to to put on 2a(a) at put, v.…

transitive. To put (a garment) on or off hastily.

To throw off (clothes or anything worn).

transitive. To take off (clothing, a hat, etc.) quickly or suddenly; to snatch off. Cf. sense 4a. Now rare.

To cast off (a garment). Cf. weve, v.1

To remove or take off (a helmet, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To remove, take off, divest oneself (or, in early use, †another) of (a garment, a hat, etc.); to doff. Cf. to put on 2a(a) at phrasal…

transitive. To throw quickly or with violence. Often with adverb or phrase, down, to the ground, etc. †to wap off: to pull off roughly; †to wap sindry…

to lay from, off: to put away from (oneself); to take (one's fingers) off something. Obsolete.

spec. To strip of clothes, to disrobe. To take off (clothes). Obsolete.

transitive. To take off (one's coat, etc.); to doff (one's hat).

To strip or take off (a garment, etc.); to cast (the skin, etc.). Occasionally with adverbs, as down, off. Also in figurative context.

To take or pluck off (the clothing of any one).

to shift off v. To put off, remove (a covering, a garment); figurative to remove from oneself or another (a burden). Obsolete.

transitive. To put off (as clothes); to throw off, divest oneself of. Obsolete.

transitive. To take off (an item of clothing). Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To take off, take away; to put off or remove from oneself.

To remove (the clothes, a garment, trappings, hair) from a person, body. without adverb: To divest oneself of. Chiefly Scottish.

transitive. To remove (an item of clothing). Now chiefly colloquial, regional, or historical.

To put (a thing) into a receptacle, put or take (a thing) on, off, etc. in a clumsy or fumbling manner.

transitive. To disrobe; to doff.

To cast off by natural process. transferred. To take off (a garment); to doff, divest oneself of. Also figurative.

transitive. With off. To remove (an article of clothing), esp. by drawing it off inside out.

transitive. colloquial. To strip (the body) wholly or partly of clothing; to take off (clothes).

transitive. With adverb implied by the context. = to pull off 1b at phrasal verbs. Obsolete. rare.