Word Meanings - UNHANG - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room. 2. To remove from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate.
Related words: (words related to UNHANG)
- DIVESTITURE
The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc. - DIVESTMENT
The act of divesting. - STRIPPING
The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. (more info) 1. The act of one who strips. The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. H. Spencer. Never were cows that required - UNHANG
1. To divest or strip of hangings; to remove the hangings, as a room. 2. To remove from that which supports it; as, to unhang a gate. - STRIP-LEAF
Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - STRIPLING
A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 1 Sam. xvii. 56. - STRIPPER
One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - DIVESTURE
Divestiture. - REMOVER
One who removes; as, a remover of landmarks. Bacon. - DIVEST
See W (more info) devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest. 2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; - REMOVED
1. Changed in place. 2. Dismissed from office. 3. Distant in location; remote. "Something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling." Shak. 4. Distant by degrees in relationship; as, a cousin once removed. -- Re*mov"ed*ness (r, n. - REMOVE
1. To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark. Deut. xix. 14. When we had dined, to prevent the ladies' leaving us, I generally ordered - STRIPED
Having stripes of different colors; streaked. Striped bass. See under Bass. -- Striped maple , a slender American tree (Acer Pennsylvanicum) with finely striped bark. Called also striped dogwood, and moosewood. -- Striped mullet. See - STRIPE
A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance. 3. A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed - STRIPPET
A small stream. "A little brook or strippet." Holinshed. - STRIP
To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc. (more info) 1. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, - DIVESTIBLE
Capable of being divested. - UNSTRIPED
Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers. (more info) 1. Not striped. - OUTSTRIP
To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing. Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours. Southey. He still outstript me in the race. Tennyson. - RIPPING STRIP
= Ripping panel.