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Undress   /əndrˈɛs/   Listen
Undress

verb
1.
Get undressed.  Synonyms: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe.  "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
2.
Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes.  Synonyms: disinvest, divest, strip.  "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes" , "He disinvested himself of his garments"
noun
1.
Partial or complete nakedness.






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"Undress" Quotes from Famous Books



... he continued, addressing the men present, "be so good, so soon as we have gone, to undress that fellow and put him to bed, and examine his injuries while I send off for a physician; for I consider it very important his life should be spared sufficiently long to enable him to give up his accomplices." And ...
— Capitola the Madcap • Emma D. E. N. Southworth

... constructing a really serviceable dam in the river, digging there a deep hole in order to make themselves a luxurious bathing-place. From early infancy they had been taught to do for themselves. Master B.-P. could dress and undress himself before he was three years old, and at three he could speak tolerably well in German as well as English. The children were encouraged to get knowledge as some other children are encouraged to get bumptiousness; ...
— The Story of Baden-Powell - 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' • Harold Begbie

... to the ceremony of laying aside these memorials of the weakness of Eve, our general mother, there is a prayer to be offered "whilst you undress yourself;" and the ladies are strictly enjoined, before they "get into bed, to take holy water." The writer concludes this part of his instructions by saying, "when you are in bed, write the name of Jesus on your forehead with ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 267, August 4, 1827 • Various

... to make a pallet on the floor, for Miss Elise gave positive orders that I should sleep in your room until she came back. Don't you mean to undress yourself?" ...
— Infelice • Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

... not stop to study his new quarters just then. There was a duty first to be performed. Opening his suit case, he took out the trousers and blouse of the blue undress uniform. Into this he changed as rapidly as he could, after which he brushed his hair before the little mirror, then put on ...
— Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz • H. Irving Hancock


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