undress

Meaning

Verb

1. (archaic, reflexive) To remove one's clothing.
2. (intransitive) To remove one’s clothing.
3. (transitive) To remove the clothing of (someone).
4. (figuratively, transitive) To strip something off.
5. To take the dressing, or covering, from.

Noun

1. (archaic, countable, historical, uncountable) Partial or informal dress for women, as worn in the home rather than in public.
2. (archaic, countable, historical, uncountable) Informal clothing for men, as opposed to formal or ceremonial wear.
3. (countable, uncountable) Now more specifically, a state of having few or no clothes on.

Synonyms

strip

unclothe

take off

disrobe

uncover

get undressed

divest

remove

peel

take off clothes

bare

strip off

uncase

discase

strip down

be nude

denude

doff

disinvest

slip off

uncloak

unfrock

lay bare

take off one’s clothes

be naked

naked

scarify

strip naked

loosen

expose

dress

👗

divert

defoliate

tear off

throw

crawl

service uniform

coil

change

bareness

unrobe

untie

change clothes

cast off

be stripped naked

take out of

remove the clothing

unsheath

informal dress

nudity

Translations

déshabiller

ausziehen

despir

sich ausziehen

desvestir

se déshabiller

svestirsi

spogliarsi

desnudar

تعرى

desvestirse

desnudarse

veşelandin

uitkleden

soymak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌnˈdɹɛs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: undressen

In summary

From Middle English undressen, equivalent to un- + dress. Compare Old English unsċrȳdan (“to undress”, literally “un-shroud”).