Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-case
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To skin or flay.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To strip (someone); to undress.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To take out of a case or covering; to uncover.

Transitive verb

verb

To display, or spread to view, as a flag, or the colors of a military body.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Sancho Panza seeing the fryar on the ground, leaped from his ass with great agility, and beginning to uncase him [translating quitar los habitos] with the utmost dexterity, two of their servants came up, and asked for what reason he stripped their master?"

Etymology

From un- + case.

Usage

Inflected Forms

uncases (present, singular) uncasing (participle, present) uncased (participle, past) uncased (past)

Synonyms

undress discase unclothe strip strip down disrobe peel

Questions

What does uncase mean?: To skin or flay.
Where does uncase come from?: From un- + case.

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