undress

¹un·dress

verb \ən-ˈdres\

Definition of UNDRESS

transitive verb

1

: to remove the clothes or covering of : divest, strip

2

: expose, reveal

intransitive verb

: to take off one's clothes : disrobe

Examples of UNDRESS

1. She undressed and climbed into bed.
2. She undressed the children for bed.

First Known Use of UNDRESS

1596

Related to UNDRESS

Synonyms: disrobe, strip, unclothe

Antonyms: dress, gown, robe

Related Words: bare, denude, divest, expose, uncover, undrape, unveil; bark, flay, peel, skin

Near Antonyms: apparel, array, attire, caparison, clothe, costume, cover, deck, dress, feather, garb, garment, invest, rig (out), vest; cloak, mantle; drape, swaddle, swathe; accoutre (or accouter), equip, furnish, outfit

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Rhymes with UNDRESS

abscess, access, address, aggress, assess, bench-press, caress, clothespress, coatdress, cold-press, compress, confess, cross-dress, CS, depress, de-stress, digress, distress, drill press, egress, excess, express, finesse, fluoresce, French press, full-dress, handpress, headdress, housedress, idlesse, impress, ingress, Meknes, much less, nightdress, noblesse, no less, obsess, oppress, outguess, possess, precess, prestress, princess, process, profess, progress, recess, redress, regress, re-press, repress, shirtdress, side-dress, SS, success, sundress, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, unless, web press, winepress, word stress