different between disrobe vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From Middle French desrober, from des- (“dis-”) + rober.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s????b/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s??o?b/
• Rhymes: -??b

Verb

disrobe (third-person singular simple present disrobes, present participle disrobing, simple past and past participle disrobed)

1. (transitive) To undress someone or something.

   Synonyms: dismantle, divest, strip, unclothe, uncover, undress
2. (intransitive) To undress oneself.

   Synonyms: strip, get undressed

   • 1977 May 18, Ken Murrah, "'Champagne Complex' Is Simply Hilarious" in The Daily Press

     It concerns a young woman (played by Wendy Rieger) with a rather curious problem: she starts to disrobe every time she drinks champagne.

Derived terms

• disrobement

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Brodies, beroids, boreids, borides, brodies

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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