unclothe
Americanverb (used with object)
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to strip of clothes.
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to remove a covering from; lay bare; uncover.
verb
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to take off garments from; strip
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to uncover or lay bare
Other Word Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have unclothedperfect
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has unclothedperfect 3rd person singular
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have uncladperfect
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has uncladperfect 3rd person singular
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unclothingparticiple
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are unclothingprogressive
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unclothessingular 3rd person
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has been unclothingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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am unclothingprogressive 1st person singular
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have been unclothingperfect progressive
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is unclothingprogressive 3rd person singular
Past
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had unclothedperfect
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had uncladperfect
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had been unclothingperfect progressive
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was unclothingprogressive singular
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unclothedsimple
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unclothedparticiple
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were unclothingprogressive plural
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uncladparticiple
Future
Etymology
Origin of unclothe
First recorded in 1250–1300, unclothe is from the Middle English word unclothen. See un- 2, clothe
Example Sentences
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With some actors, words clothe feelings; with Jones, feelings unclothe words so that joy, rage, wonder and sadness radiate nakedly through the theater.
From Time Magazine Archive
How came so many men of such different races and nations of mankind to hasten to unclothe themselves of all their previous beliefs in order to adopt these fantastical fables?
From The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic by Rogers, Henry
This with him was to unclothe himself of his true strength.
From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell
A woman might as well turn into a fashion-block as allow her maid to clothe and unclothe her as your maid does you!
From The Carved Cupboard by Le Feuvre, Amy
Other men, again, possibly unclothe themselves of some practices, but they put on new clothing, they reform some passages for fear of censure, or shame, or such like.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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