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Definition: Undress |
UndressNoun1. Partial or complete nakedness; "a state of undress". Verb1. Get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!". 2. Remove someone's clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "undress" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you are undressing, foretells, scandalous gossip will overshadow you. For a woman to dream that she sees the ruler of her country undressed, signifies sadness will overtake anticipated pleasures. She will suffer pain through the apprehension of evil to those dear to her. To see others undressed, is an omen of stolen pleasures, which will rebound with grief. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: UndressSynonyms: discase (v), disrobe (v), strip (v), strip down (v), uncase (v), unclothe (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: dress (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Dishabille, morning dress, undress. |
Divestment | Verb: divest; uncover; (cover; ); denude, bare, strip; disfurnish; undress, disrobe; (dress, enrobe; ); uncoif; dismantle; put off, take off, cast off; doff; peel, pare, decorticate, excoriate, skin, scalp, flay; expose, lay open; exfoliate, molt, mew; cast the skin. |
Nudity; bareness; Adjective: undress; dishabille; the altogether; nudation, denudation; decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation; molting; exfoliation; trichosis. | |
Nonpreparation | Dismantle; (render useless); undress. extemporize, improvise, ad lib. |
Simplicity | Noun: simplicity; plainness, homeliness; undress, chastity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Undress |
| English words defined with "undress": Bathing machine ♦ Devest, Disattire, discase, disrobe ♦ Forage cap ♦ shell jacket, strip, strip down ♦ To put to bed ♦ Unattire, uncase, unclothe, Unrobe, Untruss. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "undress": Lazarillo de Tormes. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | When I was a little boy, I wouldn't even let my mother undress me. (North by Northwest; writing credit: Ernest Lehman) | |
Lyrics | You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere (Barbie Girl; performing artist: Aqua) When the belt buckle loosen up, undress me (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat) Make em' undress in less than 3 seconds (Fatty Girl; performing artist: Ludacris) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In the winter she did not undress on account of the cold. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He had to undress and then kneel and say his own prayers and be in bed before the gas was lowered so that he might not go to hell when he died. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Guinea | Groups of vigilantes in the Guekedou area forced refugees and humanitarian workers to undress and then examined them for tattoos, which are presumed to be identification marks for rebel groups. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Undress" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 60.40% of the time. "Undress" is used about 149 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 60.4% | 90 | 34,744 |
| Noun (singular) | 25.5% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.42% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 149 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "undress": in state of undress ♦ undress parade. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "undress": semi-undress. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "undress"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | ontklee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zhvesh (bare, defoliate, denude, disarray, dismantle, disrobe, divest, doff, Hull, lay off, remove, scutch, shed, strip, strip naked, unclothe), rroba e shtëpisë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تعرى (expose, strip, unrobe), عرى (denudation, denude, dismantle, divest, strip, unclothe, uncover), خلع ملابسه (denude), جرده من الزينة, ثوب غير رسمي فضفاض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | събличам (disarray, disrobe, divest, doff, pull off, remove, strip, take off, throw off, unclothe, unrobe), разсъбличам (unclothe, unrobe), разкривам (bewray, bring to light, detect, disclose, discover, disinter, divulge, elicit, expose, find out, manifest, penetrate, show, smell out, spill, unbare, unclose, unclothe, uncover, uncurtain, unkennel, unload, unlock, unravel, unveil), всекидневна униформа, оголвам (bare, dismantle, uncover), обикновено облекло (habiliments), неофициално облекло, непарадна униформа, домашно облекло. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 褫 (deprive of, dismiss, strip, to discharge), 脫衣服 , 脱下衣服. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | svléknout, svléci (dishabille, disrobe, get off, put off, Slough, strip, take off, unclothe), odstrojit (unclothe, unrobe), domácí odìv. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | negligé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | peignoir, ochtendjas, negligé, duster. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | senvestigi, senvestiĝi (strip), negliĝo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | لباس کندن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | riisuutua alasti (strip), riisuutua (take off one's clothes), riisua (take off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | se déshabiller, déshabiller (unclothe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | entkleiden (disrobe, strip, stripped, to undress, unclothe), ausziehen (discard, doff, draw out, extend, extract, move out, pull off, pull out, put off, put up, remove, set forth, set out, shed, slip off, strip, strip off, supplied, take off, take out, trace, walk out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γδύνομαι (strip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"תערטל (strip), ל"פשיט (divest, strip, unclothe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pongyola (banian, deshabille, dressing gown, dressing-gown, floppy, housecoat, morning dress, negligee, peignoir, sloppy, tea-gown, wrapper), levetkõztet (denude, disrobe, strip, unclothe, unrobe), levetkõzik (strip, unclothe), egyszerû (austere, easy, homely, inglorious, mean, modest, open and shut, primitive, simple, unpretentious, unsophisticated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | telanjang (bare, naked, nude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | svestire (disrobe, strip, uncover), spogliarsi (strip, strip off), spogliare (bereave, deprive, deprive oneself, divest, fleece, Rob, shear, strip, unclothe), denudarsi, denudare (bare, denude, divest, strip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 裸になる (to take off one's clothes, to undress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | は かになる (to take off one's clothes, to undress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 단독군장하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | rooishtey (bare, decorticate, defoliate; emergence), eaddagh cadjin (mufti). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maya | pit (to undress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | essundray rozebrać. (various references) despir-se (strip, unclothe, unrobe), despir‐se (strip), despir (beggar, denudate, disarray, disroot, divest, doff, put off, remove, strip, unclothe, unlace, unrobe). (various references) se dezbrãca (doff, Peel, strip, unrobe), scoate bandajul, dezbrãca (disarray, disrobe, Harry, Peel, strip, take off, throw off), despuia (denude, despoil, disarray, shear, skin, strip), debandaja o ranã. (various references) раздеваться (disrobe, strip), домашний костюм. (various references) svući se (peel), skinuti se, razodenuti (unclothe), nagost (bareness, nakedness, nude, nudity). (various references) bata (coat, dressing gown, négligé, negligee, overalls, peignoir, wrapper), desnudarse (disrobe, let away, peel off, strip). (various references) ta av kläderna, klä av sig (disrobe, strip). (various references) soyunmak (disrobe, Peel, strip, take off one's clothes), soymak (bare, bark, burglarize, burgle, clean out, decorticate, denude, deplume, despoil, disrobe, divest, flay, fleece, heist, hold up, housebreak, knock off, pare, Peel, pluck, plunder, pull off, rifle, rip off, Rob, roll, sack, shave, shear, skin, stick up, strip, unclothe, unrobe), gündelik elbise (lounge suit), ev elbisesi (deshabille, indoor dress, neglige, negligee), elbiselerini çıkarmak (unclothe), üniforma (battle dress, harness, investiture, livery, regimentals, service dress, service uniform, uniform). (various references) роздягатися (disrobe, strip, unclothe), роздягати (disarray, dismantle, disrobe, divest, strip, unclothe), робинтовувати, нагота (bareness, nakedness, nude, nudity), домашн" вбрання (deshabille, dishabille, neglige). (various references) ymddiosg (strip), ymddihatru (divest), tynnu dillad (disrobe), diosg (divest, put off, strip), dihatru (strip), diarchenu (take off shoes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | exue, exuent, exuentes, exuerunt, exui, exuit, exuite, exuitur, exutum. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | ongyrwan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "undress": undressed, undresses, undressing. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "undress": laundress, sundress. (additional references) | |
Words containing "undress": laundresses, sundresses. (additional references) | |
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"Undress" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: andrassy, Andreescu, andress, Endress, Ondras, undreds, undrest, undries. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "undress" (pronounced undre"s) |
| 4 | -d r e" s | dress, redress. |
| 3 | -r e" s | aggress, cress, depress, digress, distress, egress, ers, express, fluoresce, impress, oppress, press, repress, stress, suppress, transgress, tress. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: sunders. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-n-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: druses, duress, nursed, nurses, sudser, sunder. | |
-2 letters: dress, druse, dunes, dures, durns, nerds, nuder, nudes, nurds, nurse, rends, runes, ruses, sends, sneds, suers, surds, under, users. | |
-3 letters: dens, dues, dune, duns, dure, durn, ends, erns, nerd, ness, nude, nurd, reds, rend, rude, rued, rues, rune, runs, ruse, send, sers, sned, suds, sued, suer. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-n-r-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: danseurs, dourness, insureds, resounds, rudeness, sounders, sundress, sundries. | |
+2 letters: burnsides, crudeness, enshrouds, laundress, luridness, roundness, ruddiness, sederunts, sideburns, sourdines, squanders, subtrends, sunderers, suspender, transudes, uncrossed, underboss, underpass, underseas, undersets, undressed, undresses, unpressed, unsolders, untrussed. | |
+3 letters: absurdness, auslanders, baudronses, cursedness, demureness, denturists, disburdens, dournesses, groundless, groundsels, husbanders, industries, noseguards, nursemaids, rotundness, rudenesses, ruggedness, sandgrouse, scoundrels, slanderous, splendours, splendrous, sturdiness, sundowners, sundresses, superfunds, superminds, surrenders, suspenders, transduces, transfused, turbidness, turgidness, underclass, undersells, undersides, underspins, undressing, unstressed, upwardness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 64 72 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.. .-. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100100 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n d r e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0064 0072 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55807084718585 |
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