disrobe
/dɪsˈrəʊb
/verb [no object]
1Take off one’s clothes: she began to disrobe...
- She let out a sigh, disrobing to change her clothes.
- On many occasions, swimmers jumped in with all of their clothes on-and disrobed to their suits during warm-up.
- As he began to disrobe in preparation for the competition, he slowly but unquestionably transformed.
Synonyms
undress, strip, strip naked, take off one's clothes, remove one's clothes, doff one's clothes, shed one's clothes, denude, uncover oneself
informal peel off
dated divest oneself of one's clothes
1.1Take off official vestments or regalia: they walked to the vestry to disrobe...
- Finally, disrobed of all liturgical and ceremonial vestments she donned the exquisite Robe of Purple Velvet before leaving Westminster Abbey.
- Women need a separate vesting room to permit disrobing when donning vestments.
1.2 [with object] Undress (someone): the leggy blond gets disrobed twice in the first chapter...
- Nameless people, with murder on their hands, people who have disrobed women forcibly, come together.
- Liberals' reference to a ‘strip search’ by officers will evoke images of slavering voyeurs gratuitously disrobing a mother and child, so it is important to understand what really happened.
- Although it was crowded, it wasn't so bad that others wouldn't have seen me being disrobed by some of these guys.
Origin
Late Middle English: from dis- (expressing reversal) + robe, perhaps on the pattern of French desrober.