Definition: undress

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

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]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.
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.