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English Dictionary: undress by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
undress
n
  1. partial or complete nakedness; "a state of undress"
v
  1. get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
    Synonym(s): undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel
    Antonym(s): apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog
  2. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
    Synonym(s): strip, undress, divest, disinvest
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.
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