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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

svestire

Pronunciation / Transliteration: svestire

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unclothe/ʌnˈkləʊð/
verbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il medico gli chiese di svestirsi per la visita."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To strip of clothes or garments; to undress someone or oneself.

    "He helped to unclothe the shivering child and wrapped him in a warm blanket."
  2. 2

    To remove a covering from something, revealing what lies underneath.

    "The autumn winds began to unclothe the trees of their remaining leaves."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'un-' (expressing reversal) combined with 'clōþian' (to clothe, derived from 'clāþ' meaning cloth). It has been in use since the Middle English period to signify the removal of garments or covering.

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