DIVEST as VERB

1. Meaning
   • remove (someone’’s or one’’s own) clothes
   Synonym(s)
   • disinvest (what does disinvest mean?)
   • strip (what does strip mean?)
   • undress (what does undress mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim
   • She divested herself of her outdoor clothes
   • He disinvested himself of his garments
   Hypernyms(s) divest is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • remove (what does remove mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   • take away (what does take away mean?)
   • withdraw (what does withdraw mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • undress (what does undress mean?)
   • strip (what does strip mean?)
   • striptease (what does striptease mean?)
   • strip show (what does strip show mean?)
2. Meaning
   • reduce or dispose of
   • cease to hold (an investment)
   Synonym(s)
   • disinvest (what does disinvest mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The company decided to divest
   • the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property
   • There was pressure on the univeristy to disinvest in South Africa
   Hypernyms(s) divest is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • withdraw (what does withdraw mean?)
   • draw (what does draw mean?)
   • take out (what does take out mean?)
   • draw off (what does draw off mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • invest (what does invest mean?)
   • put (what does put mean?)
   • commit (what does commit mean?)
   • place (what does place mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • disinvestment (what does disinvestment mean?)
   • divestiture (what does divestiture mean?)
3. Meaning
   • take away possessions from someone
   Synonym(s)
   • deprive (what does deprive mean?)
   • strip (what does strip mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
   Hypernyms(s) divest is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • take (what does take mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • disarm (what does disarm mean?)
   • unarm (what does unarm mean?)
   • expropriate (what does expropriate mean?)
   • clean (what does clean mean?)
   • dispossess (what does dispossess mean?)
   • clean out (what does clean out mean?)
   • unclothe (what does unclothe mean?)
   • unsex (what does unsex mean?)
   • orphan (what does orphan mean?)
   • bereave (what does bereave mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • divestiture (what does divestiture mean?)
   • privation (what does privation mean?)
   • want (what does want mean?)
   • deprivation (what does deprivation mean?)
   • privation (what does privation mean?)
   • deprivation (what does deprivation mean?)
4. Meaning
   • deprive of status or authority
   Synonym(s)
   • disinvest (what does disinvest mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was divested of his rights and his title
   • They disinvested themselves of their rights
   Hypernyms(s) divest is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • free (what does free mean?)
   • discharge (what does discharge mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • invest (what does invest mean?)
   • vest (what does vest mean?)
   • enthrone (what does enthrone mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dethrone (what does dethrone mean?)
   • defrock (what does defrock mean?)
   • unfrock (what does unfrock mean?)