UNDRESS
undress
(noun) partial or complete nakedness; “a state of undress”
undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel
(verb) get undressed; “please don’t undress in front of everybody!”; “She strips in front of strangers every night for a living”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
undress (third-person singular simple present undresses, present participle undressing, simple past and past participle undressed)
(reflexive) To remove one's clothing. [from 16th c.]
(intransitive) To remove one’s clothing. [from 17th c.]
(transitive) To remove the clothing of (someone). [from 17th c.]
(transitive, figuratively) To strip of something. [from 17th c.]
To take the dressing, or covering, from.
Antonyms
• dress
Noun
undress (uncountable)
(now, archaic or historical) Partial or informal dress for women, as worn in the home rather than in public.
(now, archaic or historical) Informal clothing for men, as opposed to formal or ceremonial wear.
Now more specifically, a state of having few or no clothes on.
Anagrams
• drusens, sunders
Source: Wiktionary
Un*dress", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + dress.]
1. To divest of clothes; to strip.
2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
3. (Med.)
Definition: To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound.
Un"dress, n.
1. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.
2. (Mil. & Naval)
Definition: An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform. Undress parade (Mil.), a substitute for dress parade, allowed in bad weather, the companies forming without arms, and the ceremony being shortened.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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