1596, "to shed one's clothing," from un- (2) + dress (v.). Trans. sense of "to strip off (someone's) clothing" is recorded from 1615. The noun meaning "state of partial or incomplete dress" is attested from 1685. Undressed "naked (or nearly so)" is recorded from 1613.
partial or complete nakedness; "a state of undress"
verb
1.
get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [ant: apparel, dress]
2.
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" [syn: strip]
Pa*rade"\, n. [F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See Pare, v. t.]1. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. 2. (Mil.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled. 3. Pompous show; formal display or exhibition. Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. --Swift. 4. That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen. In state returned the grand parade. --Swift. 5. Posture of defense; guard. [A Gallicism.] When they are not in parade, and upon their guard. --Locke. 6. A public walk; a promenade. Dress parade, Undress parade. See under Dress, and Undress. Parade rest, a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are required to be silent and motionless. --Wilhelm. Syn: Ostentation; display; show. Usage: Parade, Ostentation. Parade is a pompous exhibition of things for the purpose of display; ostentation now generally indicates a parade of virtues or other qualities for which one expects to be honored. "It was not in the mere parade of royalty that the Mexican potentates exhibited their power." --Robertson. "We are dazzled with the splendor of titles, the ostentation of learning, and the noise of victories." --Spectator.
Un*dress"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + dress.]1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe. 3. (Med.) To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound.
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