decorticate
91flay — vb *skin, decorticate, peel, pare Analogous words: *abrade, excoriate, chafe: rack, torture, torment, *afflict: chastise, castigate, *punish …
92pare — peel, *skin, decorticate, flay …
93peel# — peel vb *skin, decorticate, pare, flay peel n *skin, bark, rind, hide, pelt …
94excoriate — v 1. strip, peel, skin, scalp, bark, husk, shuck, shell, decorticate; scrape, grate, rasp, file, grind, whet, sand, abrade, scour. 2. denounce, blame, accuse, condemn, censure; upbraid, reprove, reproach, rebuke, criticize; chastise, punish,… …
95exfoliate — v scale, peel, flake, flake off, shell, fall off, Pathol. desquamate; shed, cast off, molt, mew; depilate, decorticate, pare, husk, skin; splinter, shiver, slice …
96flay — v 1. strip, strip off, excoriate, peel, Pathol. desquamate, pare, skin, Inf. skin alive, scalp, bark, husk, shuck, shell, decorticate; shave, shear, depilate, tonsure; erode, rub off, wear away, eat away. 2. criticize, attack, light into, Inf.… …
97pare — v 1. peel, skin, decorticate, excoriate, bark, cut or strip the skin from; shell, husk, shuck. 2. prune, crop, top, cut back, reduce, cut down to size; trim, clip, shear, shave, mow, cut short, dock; cut off or away, lop, remove, retrench. 3. cut …
98peel — v 1. skin, pare, decorticate, excorticate, flay, scale, hull, bark; shell, husk, shuck; strip, denude, excoriate. 2.(of skin, bark, etc.) come off, detach, separate, split; exfoliate, Pathol. desquamate, shed, slough, molt, exuviate, flake.… …
99scrape — v 1. grate, rasp, file, scrape off; strip, decorticate, peel, skin, bark, husk, shuck, excoriate; grind, whet, sand, sandpaper, pumice; abrade, rub off, chafe, graze, scour, scrub; smooth, polish, burnish, buff. 2. scratch, scuff, mar, scar, Scot …
100shell — n 1. hard outer covering, hard case, Anat., Zool. theca, casing, coat, coating, incrustation, sheathing, sheath; envelope, wrapper, capsule, cloak, jacket; casement, housing, protection; carapace, shield, Zool. test, (pi.) exuviae; integument,… …
