Hypertext Webster Gateway: "undress"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
undress
n : partial or complete nakedness; "a state of undress"
v 1: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"
[syn: {discase}, {uncase}, {unclothe}, {strip}, {strip
down}, {disrobe}] [ant: {dress}, {dress}]
2: remove someone's clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the
accident victim" [syn: {strip}]
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