unshroudv.1
1. transitive. To strip of a shroud; figurative to uncover, lay bare, expose.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island xii. xxv. 165 At length the piercing Sunne his team unshrouds, And with his arrows th' idle fogge doth chase.
1653 A. Wilson Inconstant Lady v. iii Vnshroud thyselfe thou night-rauen.
1773 R. Fergusson Poems 20 Turn, fair Amanda! cheer your swain, Unshroud him from his veil of woe.
1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden ii. 133 Now the broad Sun his golden orb unshrouds.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. viii. 200 Unshrouding the dark lantern, which had hitherto only emitted an indistinct glimmer.
1824 T. Campbell Soldier's Dream 26 Methought I beheld two hands a space Slow unshroud a spectre's face.
2. To open out.
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the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > unfurl or unfold
unfoldc890
untrenda1272
displayc1330
splayc1330
unplyc1330
outrolla1393
unlapa1400
unplight?c1400
unrollc1425
deploy1477
to shake outc1550
explicate1562
disvelop1592
unfurl1641
develop1656
unwrap1807
unshroud1846
to roll out1849
1846 New Monthly Mag. Dec. 488 Without..unshrouding the folds of my mantle, I stalked towards the sofa.
Derivatives
unˈshrouding n.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > act of stripping or removing shroud
unshrouding1591
1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 24 Yea would he haue beene so venturous, as to haue staied the vnshrowding of the corse?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
unshroudv.2
transitive. To strip (a vessel) of shrouds or ropes.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > remove (parts or equipment) > specific
untackle1552
unrig1562
unhang1600
unshroud1608
unstock1706
1608 T. Hudson tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Ivdith ii. 36 in J. Sylvester Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) The quiet see..growes.., And lastly beates the banks, and ships vnshrouds.
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