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disinvest
Overview of verb disinvest
The verb disinvest has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. divest, disinvest -- (deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights")
2. divest, disinvest -- (reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa")
3. strip, undress, divest, disinvest -- (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments")
Grep of noun disinvest
disinvestment
Antonyms of verb disinvest
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb disinvest
3 senses of disinvest
Sense 1
divest, disinvest
=> free, discharge
Sense 2
divest, disinvest
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 3
strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb disinvest
1 of 3 senses of disinvest
Sense 1
divest, disinvest
=> dethrone
=> defrock, unfrock
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb disinvest
3 senses of disinvest
Sense 1
divest, disinvest
=> free, discharge
Sense 2
divest, disinvest
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Sense 3
strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
'Cause To' of verb disinvest
Derived Forms of verb disinvest
1 of 3 senses of disinvest
Sense 2
divest, disinvest
RELATED TO>(noun) disinvestment#1
=> disinvestment
Domain of verb disinvest
Domain Terms of verb disinvest
Familiarity of verb disinvest
disinvest used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb disinvest
3 senses of disinvest
Sense 1
divest, disinvest
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
divest, disinvest
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
strip, undress, divest, disinvest
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb disinvest
3 senses of disinvest
Sense 1
divest, disinvest
> free, discharge
=> divest, disinvest
=> take over, relieve
=> cut
=> clear
=> cashier
=> liberate, set free
=> disinvolve, disembroil, disentangle
Sense 2
divest, disinvest
> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
=> cheque, check out
=> divert, hive off
=> overdraw
=> tap
=> divest, disinvest
Sense 3
strip, undress, divest, disinvest
> remove, take, take away, withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> harvest
=> tip
=> stem
=> extirpate
=> enucleate
=> exenterate
=> enucleate
=> decorticate
=> bail
=> strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> ablate
=> clean, pick
=> clean
=> winnow
=> unbrace
=> pick
=> clear, clear up
=> muck
=> lift
=> lift
=> lift
=> tear away, tear off
=> take off
=> take away, take out
=> pit, stone
=> seed
=> unhinge
=> shuck
=> hull
=> crumb
=> chip away, chip away at
=> burl
=> knock out
=> scavenge, clean
=> hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise
=> degas
=> husk, shell
=> bur, burr
=> clear off, clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell
=> shuck
=> tusk, detusk
=> dehorn
=> scalp
=> weed
=> condense
=> bail out, bale out
=> leach, strip
=> decalcify
=> detoxify, detoxicate
=> de-ionate
=> de-iodinate
=> decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke
=> delouse
=> ream
=> brush
=> wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> desorb
=> pull
=> demineralize, demineralise
=> eliminate
=> expectorate, clear out, drive out
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away, wear off
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect, eviscerate
=> skim, skim off, cream off, cream
=> strip
=> strip
=> scale, descale
=> circumcise
=> undock
=> dig, delve, cut into, turn over
=> excavate, dig, hollow
=> scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
=> take out
=> unstring
=> string
=> wipe off, wipe away
=> take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
=> unveil
=> unpack, take out
=> unburden, disburden
=> empty
=> discharge
=> unsaddle, offsaddle
=> shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
=> dislodge, free
=> clean
=> aspirate, draw out, suck out
=> delete, cancel
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> spoon
=> gut
=> head
=> draw off, draw away, pull off
=> clean, strip
=> draw, take out
=> draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
=> leach
=> draw
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb disinvest
Sense 1
divest, disinvest
=> free, discharge
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Sense 2
divest, disinvest
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
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Sense 3
strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Grep of verb disinvest
disinvest
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