transitive. To remove the hair from (a person or animal); to make bald. Also: to remove (hair). In early use occasionally with away. Obsolete.

transitive. To deprive (the head, etc.) of hair.

To remove the hair from; to make bare of hair.

To make bald. deprive of hair. literal and figurative.

transitive. To deprive of hair, remove the hair from.

transitive. To deprive of thatch (in quot. 1654 figurative).

transitive. To make bald.

transitive. To remove the hair from (a skin), to unhair.