undress
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English undressen, equivalent to un- + dress. Compare Old English unsċrȳdan (“to undress”, literally “un-shroud”).
Base: dress
Affixes: un-
Inflected forms:
form: undresses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: undressing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: undressed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: undressed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: undresses
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To remove one's clothing.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
reflexive
examples: She undressed herself before putting on her bedclothes.
gloss: To remove one’s clothing.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The doctor asked me to undress for the examination.
gloss: To remove the clothing of (someone).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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
gloss: To strip something off.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
gloss: To take the dressing, or covering, from.
pos: verb
examples: to undress a wound
gloss: Partial or informal dress for women, as worn in the home rather than in public.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
historical
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: Informal clothing for men, as opposed to formal or ceremonial wear.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
historical
uncountable
examples: 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 […].
gloss: Now more specifically, a state of having few or no clothes on.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: She returned to her dorm to find her roommate, fresh out of the shower, in a state of undress.
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.
Synonyms: denude
despoil
dismantle
disrobe
divest
doff
peel
put off
strip
strip down
strip off
unclothe
undress
Antonyms: dress
clothe
Related words: naked
Derived words: undressable
undress with one's eyes
undress parade
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: zhvesh
lang: Arabic
word: تَعَرَّى
roman: taʕarrā
lang: Armenian
word: մերկացնել
roman: merkacʻnel
lang: Azerbaijani
word: soymaq
lang: Belarusian
word: раздзява́ць
roman: razdzjavácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: раздзе́ць
roman: razdzjécʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: распрана́ць
roman: raspranácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: распрану́ць
roman: raspranúcʹ
lang: Breton
word: diwiskañ
lang: Bulgarian
word: събли́чам
roman: sǎblíčam
lang: Bulgarian
word: съблека́
roman: sǎbleká
lang: Catalan
word: despullar
lang: Catalan
word: desvestir
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 脫衣 /脱衣
roman: tuōyī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 脫掉衣服 /脱掉衣服
roman: tuōdiào yīfú
lang: Czech
word: svlékat
lang: Czech
word: svléknout
lang: Czech
word: svléct
lang: Czech
word: svléci
lang: Danish
word: afklæde
lang: Dutch
word: uitkleden
lang: Esperanto
word: senvestigi
lang: Estonian
word: lahti riietama
lang: Finnish
word: riisua
lang: French
word: déshabiller
lang: Galician
word: espir
lang: Galician
word: denudar
lang: Galician
word: desvestir
lang: Galician
word: encoirar
lang: German
word: ausziehen
lang: Greek
word: γδύνω
roman: gdýno
lang: Greek
word: ξεντύνω
roman: xentýno
lang: Hebrew
word: הפשיט
roman: hifshít
lang: Hungarian
word: levetkőztet
lang: Icelandic
word: afklæða
lang: Icelandic
word: færa úr
lang: Ido
word: desvestizar
lang: Italian
word: spogliare
lang: Italian
word: svestire
lang: Japanese
word: 脱がす
roman: nugasu
lang: Korean
word: 옷을 벗기다
roman: oseul beotgida
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: veşelandin
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: (cil) ji ber kirin
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: rûs kirin
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: tazî kirin
lang: Latvian
word: izģērbt
lang: Latvian
word: noģērbt
lang: Lithuanian
word: nuvilkti
lang: Lithuanian
word: nurengti
lang: Luxembourgish
word: ausdoen
lang: Macedonian
word: соблекува
roman: soblekuva
lang: Macedonian
word: соблече
roman: sobleče
lang: Maltese
word: neża’
lang: Manx
word: neuchoamree
lang: Māori
word: whakahahake
lang: Norman
word: d'sabilyi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kle av
lang: Polish
word: rozbierać
lang: Polish
word: rozebrać
lang: Portuguese
word: despir
lang: Portuguese
word: desvestir
lang: Quechua
word: ch'utiy
lang: Romanian
word: dezbrăca
lang: Russian
word: раздева́ть
roman: razdevátʹ
lang: Russian
word: разде́ть
roman: razdétʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: сву̑ћи
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: svȗći
lang: Slovak
word: vyzliekať
lang: Slovak
word: vyzliecť
lang: Slovene
word: sleči
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: zeblekaś
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: zeblac
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: slěkać
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: slec
lang: Spanish
word: desvestir
lang: Spanish
word: calatear
lang: Spanish
word: desnudar
lang: Spanish
word: desarropar
lang: Swedish
word: klä av
lang: Turkish
word: soymak
lang: Ukrainian
word: роздяга́ти
roman: rozdjaháty
lang: Ukrainian
word: роздягти́
roman: rozdjahtý
lang: Ukrainian
word: роздягну́ти
roman: rozdjahnúty
lang: Venetan
word: spojar
lang: Venetan
word: despojar