undress

1 of 2

verb

un·​dress ən-ˈdres How to pronounce undress (audio)
undressed; undressing; undresses

transitive verb

1
: to remove the clothes or covering of : divest, strip
2

intransitive verb

: to take off one's clothes : disrobe

undress

2 of 2

noun

1
: informal dress: such as
a
: a loose robe or dressing gown
b
: ordinary dress compare full dress
2
: the state of being undressed

Examples of undress in a Sentence

Verb She undressed and climbed into bed. She undressed the children for bed.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
On them, investigators discovered videos of naked women — and children — undressing in the bathroom, according to the complaint. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024 In response to questions, Meta Platforms Inc. also began blocking key words associated with searching for undressing apps. Margi Murphy, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023 For instance, since the beginning of this year, the number of links advertising undressing apps increased more than 2,400% on social media, including on X and Reddit, the researchers said. Margi Murphy, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023 In the middle of the dance floor there's a little, like, podia, little stages that are maybe 30 centimeters high, that people would jump on and then start dancing, start undressing, start screaming. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2023 Meanwhile, the other options show her posing on a chair wearing a sweet white ensemble and loafers, in a field shrouded in greenery and in the midst of undressing in a tent. Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023 In September alone, 24 million people visited undressing websites, according to the social network analysis company Graphika. Margi Murphy, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023 In August, a man was sentenced to 16 years in prison after admitting to chatting with approximately 1,000 minors on Omegle and recording many of them undressing. WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023 The Rays starter undressed the Red Sox for six innings, registering 14 strikeouts while yielding just three hits and a walk. Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
Noun
As an infant, trapped inside a woman’s body, Waddington decided showing various stages of undress and looks that seemed thrown together worked best to reflect that. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024 Despite being an object of the doctors’ desire and often appearing in various stages of undress, the nurse reacts to the at-times bizarre proceedings from a cool-eyed distance. Mark Schilling, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024 Nice to see a 15 year old undress the GOP presidential candidates. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023 Here was another performance of physical and psychic undress in exchange for a modicum of power. Hannah Zeavin, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023 Multiple victims had been approached near their cars, where Nicholas would strike up conversation with them, pull a knife, order them to undress and rape them. Lauren Clark, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2023 Images on social media show Israeli soldiers in states of dress and undress, apparently dead in the dirt, and Hamas fighters celebrating the destruction of armored vehicles and the looting of lighter ones. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023 So much of it: A teenage couple undresses in the college library. Claire Beermann, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023 For five months beginning in October 2015, Andrew said, the clinical mental health counselor groped him, encouraged him to undress and kissed him during sessions. Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1596, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of undress was in 1596

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“Undress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undress. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

undress

1 of 2 verb
un·​dress ˌən-ˈdres How to pronounce undress (audio)
: to remove the clothes or covering of : strip, disrobe

undress

2 of 2 noun
1
: ordinary dress
2
: a state of nudity

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