transitive. To remove the lid from; (more generally) to uncover, open.

transitive. To lay bare, uncover; to strip. Also figurative.

transitive. To remove the covering (as a lid, clothing, etc.) from; to uncover; (sometimes) spec. to bare (one's head). Cf. discovert, adj. 1. Now…

To remove a cover or covering from, to take the cover or top off (something).

transitive. To free or release from a covering.

transitive. To remove a mantle or similar garment from (a person or part of the body). Obsolete.

To divest or strip of (any clothing, covering, protection, or the like).

(un-, prefix2 affix 1b.)

transitive. To strip of a facing or disguise; to expose the face of.

transitive. To remove a quilt or other covering from; (also) to remove or unpick the quilting from. Also figurative.

To free from a casing or covering.

To divest (a thing) of a cap or covering.

To uncover by rolling back the covering; to strip (a person) naked; to unroof (a building): often tirl naked, tirl bare.