undress

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Pronunciation

• enPR: ŭn-drĕs', IPA: /ʌnˈdɹɛs/
• IPA: /ʌnˈdʒɹɛs/

Verb

undress (undresses, present participle undressing; past and past participle undressed)

1. (reflexive) To remove one's clothing. [from 16th c.]
2. (intransitive) To remove one’s clothing. [from 17th c.]
3. (transitive) To remove the clothing of (someone). [from 17th c.]
4. (transitive, figuratively) To strip of something. [from 17th c.]
5. To take the dressing, or covering, from.

   to undress a wound

Translations

• French: déshabiller
• Italian: svestirsi
• Portuguese: despir
• Russian: раздева́ться
• Spanish: desvestirse, desnudarse

Translations

• French: déshabiller
• German: ausziehen
• Portuguese: despir
• Russian: раздева́ть
• Spanish: desvestir

Antonyms

• dress

Noun

undress (uncountable)

1. The state of having few or no clothes on.
   • 1855-57, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

     The visitor, observing that she held the door on the inside, and that, when the uncle tried to open it, there was a sharp adjuration of 'Don't, stupid!' and an appearance of loose stocking and flannel, concluded that the young lady was in an undress.

2. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.

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