undress
/ʌnˈdɹɛs/ verb B1- To remove one’s clothing. · The doctor asked me to undress for the examination.
- To remove the clothing of (someone). · Mary began to undress her daughter in preparation for bathtime.· The young men slowly and sensually undressed each other before making passionate love.
- To strip something off.
- To take the dressing, or covering, from. · to undress a wound
He/she/it undresses · Past undressed · Past participle undressed · -ing form undressing
Verb forms
- Base form
- undress
- He/she/it
- undresses
- Past
- undressed
- Past participle
- undressed
- -ing form
- undressing
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The Traveler no sooner felt his genial rays than he took off one garment after another, and at last, fairly overcome with heat, undressed and bathed in a stream that lay in his path.
I had not begun to undress, and I was sitting by the fire in my bedroom when I heard the report.
“Well, undress as quick as you can and go to bed.
Now, I’ll undress Minnie May and put her to bed and you try to find some soft flannel cloths, Diana.
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