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undress - 5 dictionary results

un⋅dress

[uhn-dres] verb, -dressed or -drest, -dress⋅ing, noun, adjective
–verb (used with object)
1. to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
2. to remove the dressing from (a wound, sore, etc.).
3. to strip or divest of or as if of a covering; expose: to undress a pretense.
–verb (used without object)
4. to take off one's clothes.
–noun
5. dress of a style designed to be worn on other than highly formal or ceremonial occasions; informal dress, as opposed to full dress.
6. dress of a style not designed to be worn in public; dishabille; negligee: She couldn't receive guests in such a state of undress.
7. the condition of being unclothed; nakedness.
–adjective
8. of or pertaining to clothing of a style less formal than full dress: undress uniform.
9. characterized by informality of dress, manners, or the like: an undress dinner party.

Origin:
1590–1600; un- 2 + dress
un·dress   (ŭn-drěs')   
v.   un·dressed, un·dress·ing, un·dress·es

v.   tr.
  1. To remove the clothing of; disrobe.
  2. To remove the bandages from (a wound, for example).
v.   intr.
To take off one's clothing.
n.  
  1. Informal attire or uniform.
    1. Nakedness or partial nakedness.
    2. Partial but incomplete dress.

Undress

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.

Undress

Un"dress\, n. 1. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.

2. (Mil. & Naval) 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.
Language Translation for : undress
Spanish: desnudar, quitar la ropa a alguien,
German: ausziehen,
Japanese: 服を脱がせる

undress  (v.)
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.
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