单词 | unleave |
释义 | unleavev. Now rare. 1. transitive. To strip of leaves; to defoliate. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of foliage or fruit > strip of leaves bladec1440 disfulȝea1525 unleave1589 unleaf1598 defoil1601 disleaf1605 unfurnish1712 defoliate1793 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 254 The good gardiner..vnleaues his boughes to let in the sunne. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 361 Somtimes they doe the far-spread Gourd vnleaue. 1673 E. Polhill Divine Will 467 This right Understanding hath a counter-work, it unleaves and unveils Sin. 1834 J. Busby Jrnl. Visit Vineyards Spain & France 17 He should take care to prevent this result, by unleaving the vines. 1867 Lowell (Mass.) Daily Citizen & News 13 Sept. They are liberally unleaved each season. 1999 B. Fussell My Kitchen Wars 128 Artichokes that had seemed tedious to unleave. 2. intransitive. To lose or shed leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > plant defined by leaves > have leaves [verb (intransitive)] > lose or shed leaves unleave1796 1796 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. I. 5/2 The Roses unleave or lose their leaves. 1880 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 88 Márgarét, áre you gríeving Over Goldengrove unleaving? 2004 Times (Nexis) 19 Aug. 39 Some branches..in full bloom and some unleaving. Derivatives unˈleaving n. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Effueillement, an vnleauing. 1796 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. I. 32/1 The act of Unleaving, of Stripping a Tree of its Leaves. 1889 Catholic World Dec. 292 The unleaving of a tree. 2003 N. Baker Box of Matches vii. 35 Watching the tree denude itself at this unusual pace,..I came up with a theory to explain the simultaneity of the unleaving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1589 |
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