UNDRESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does undress mean?
• UNDRESS (noun)
The noun UNDRESS has 1 sense:
1. partial or complete nakedness
Familiarity information: UNDRESS used as a noun is very rare.
• UNDRESS (verb)
The verb UNDRESS has 2 senses:
1. get undressed
2. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
Familiarity information: UNDRESS used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• UNDRESS (noun)
Meaning:
Partial or complete nakedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
a state of undress
Hypernyms ("undress" is a kind of...):
nakedness; nudeness; nudity (the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind)
• UNDRESS (verb)
Meaning:
Get undressed
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
undress; uncase; strip down; disrobe; discase; strip; peel; unclothe
Context examples:
please don't undress in front of everybody! / She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
Hypernyms (to "undress" is one way to...):
take off (take away or remove)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "undress"):
take off (remove clothes)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
They undress
They undress themselves
Antonym:
dress (put on clothes)
dress (provide with clothes or put clothes on)
Meaning:
Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
undress; disinvest; divest; strip
Context examples:
The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim / She divested herself of her outdoor clothes / He disinvested himself of his garments
Hypernyms (to "undress" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to undress the prisoners
