togliere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- deprive verb To take something away from someone, or prevent them from having it.
- derogate verb (law) To cancel part of a law, rather than all of it.
- doff verb To take off something you are wearing or carrying, such as clothing or armour.
- strip noun A long, narrow piece of material or land.
- take off phrasal verb To leave the ground and begin flying, as an aircraft or bird does.
Senses
togliere is used for these senses in English:
- cut out (transitive) To remove; to omit.
- deprive (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
- derogate (intransitive) To detract from (a quality of excellence, authority etc.). [from 16th c.]
- doff (chiefly, clothing) To remove or take off (something worn on the body such as armour or clothing, or something carried).
- strip (transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
- strip (transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
- take away To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
- take off (transitive) To remove.
derogate — full definition
- verb (law) To cancel part of a law, rather than all of it.
- verb To criticise something in a way that makes it seem less good or important.
- verb To take away part of something so that what is left is smaller or weaker.
- verb To weaken someone's authority or good qualities.
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