Undress

/ʌnˈdɹɛs/ · verb

Meaning

(reflexive, now rare) To remove one's clothing..

Definitions by Sense

1. (reflexive, now rare) To remove one's clothing.
2. (intransitive) To remove one’s clothing.
3. (transitive) To remove the clothing of (someone).
4. (transitive, figuratively) To strip something off.
5. To take the dressing, or covering, from.
6. (now archaic or historical) Partial or informal dress for women, as worn in the home rather than in public.
7. (now archaic or historical) Informal clothing for men, as opposed to formal or ceremonial wear.
8. Now more specifically, a state of having few or no clothes on.

Example Sentences

She undressed herself before putting on her bedclothes.

The doctor asked me to undress for the examination.

Mary began to undress her daughter in preparation for bathtime.

The young men slowly and sensually undressed each other before making passionate love.

You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere / Imagination, life is your creation

to undress a wound

Here he had not waited above ten minutes, when Emilia entered in a most inchanting undress, with all the graces of nature playing about her person, and in a moment rivetted the chains of his slavery beyond the power of accident to unbind.

His undress, and the agitation he was apparently in, which she imputed to the effect of her charms, combined to make him appear more interesting both to the mother and daughter […].

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• undresses
• undressing
• undressed

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