undecorate
Take decorations down
To undecorate is to remove decorations, returning something to its unadorned state.
The word appears most often around holidays: Time to undecorate the Christmas tree.
It reverses the work of decorating—taking down ornaments, stripping away embellishments, restoring plainness.
Narrow elongated piece
- removeTake something away
- dismantleSeparate into parts
- peelOuter fruit layer
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
empty · declutter · purge · shed · unveil · uncover · expose · gut
Basic and unremarkable
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
- unembellishedWithout decorative additions
- nakedWearing no garments
- starkSevere and unadorned
spartan · unfurnished · bleak · raw · barebones · devoid · desolate · unornamented
Make smaller in degree
- pare downReduce by removing excess
- trimRemove unwanted edges
- pruneDesiccated stone fruit
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
tidy · neaten · organize · straighten · refine · distill · edit · condense
Thinly scattered or distributed
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- cleanFree of soil
- unclutteredFree from disorder
- streamlinedMade smooth and efficient
functional · restrained · Zen · monochrome · Scandinavian · essentialist · pared-back · subdued
strip
Narrow elongated piece
clear · empty · declutter · purge · shed · unveil · uncover · expose · gut · vacate
plain
Basic and unremarkable
- unadornedLacking decoration or ornament
- unembellishedWithout decorative additions
- nakedWearing no garments
stark · spartan · unfurnished · bleak · raw · barebones · devoid · desolate · unornamented · blank
reduce
Make smaller in degree
streamline · tidy · neaten · organize · straighten · refine · distill · edit · condense · cut back
sparse
Thinly scattered or distributed
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- cleanFree of soil
- unclutteredFree from disorder
streamlined · functional · restrained · Zen · monochrome · Scandinavian · essentialist · pared-back · subdued · neutral