undress

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŭn-drĕs', IPA^(key): /ʌnˈdɹɛs/
• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈdʒɹɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

1. (reflexive) To remove one's clothing. [from 16th c.]
2. (intransitive) To remove one’s clothing. [from 17th c.]
3. (transitive) To remove the clothing of (someone). [from 17th c.]
4. (transitive, figuratively) To strip of something. [from 17th c.]
5. To take the dressing, or covering, from.

   to undress a wound

Translations

(intransitive) remove one's clothing

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: تَعَرَّى (taʕarrā), اِنْجَرَدَ (injarada)
• Armenian: հանվել (hy) (hanvel), մերկանալ (hy) (merkanal)
• Azerbaijani: soyunmaq (az)
• Breton: diwiskañ (br)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 除衫 (ceoi⁴ saam¹), 剝衫／剥衫 (mok¹ saam¹)

  Mandarin: 脫衣／脱衣 (zh) (tuōyī), 脱衣 (zh) (tuōyī), 脫掉衣服／脱掉衣服, 脱掉衣服 (tuōdiào yīfú)

• Czech: svléct se, svléknout se (cs), svléci se
• Danish: klæde sig af
• Dutch: zich uitkleden (nl)
• Esperanto: senvestiĝi
• Finnish: riisuuntua (fi), riisuutua (fi)
• French: se déshabiller (fr)
• Galician: espirse
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: sich ausziehen
• Greek: γδύνομαι (gdýnomai), ξεντύνομαι (el) (xentýnomai)

  Ancient:

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: levetkőzik (hu)
• Icelandic: afklæðast, fara (is) úr (is) föt (is)unum
• Ido: desvestizar su (io)
• Italian: svestirsi
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• Japanese: 脱ぐ (ja) (ぬぐ, nugu)
• Khmer: ដោះខោអាវ (dɑh khao ʼaaw)
• Korean: 옷을 벗다 (oseul beotda)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: xwe veşelandin, (cil) ji ber xwe kirin, xwe rûs kirin, xwe tazî kirin

  Sorani:

• Maori: marere
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: sé d'sabilyi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kle av seg

• Polish: rozbierać się (pl)
• Portuguese: despir-se (pt)
• Russian: раздева́ться (ru) impf (razdevátʹsja), разде́ться (ru) pf (razdétʹsja)
• Slovene: sleči
• Spanish: desvestirse (es), desnudarse (es)
• Swahili: kuvua
• Swedish: klä av sig (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: soyunmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: роздяга́тися (rozdjahátysja)
• Venetian: spojarse, despojarse
• Welsh: dadwisgo (cy)

(transitive) remove somebody’s clothing

• Arabic: تَعَرَّى (taʕarrā)
• Armenian: մերկացնել (hy) (merkacʻnel)
• Azerbaijani: soymaq (az)
• Breton: diwiskañ (br)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脫衣／脱衣 (zh) (tuōyī), 脱衣 (zh) (tuōyī), 脫掉衣服／脱掉衣服, 脱掉衣服 (tuōdiào yīfú)

• Czech: svléknout (cs), svlékat, svléci
• Danish: afklæde
• Dutch: uitkleden (nl)
• Esperanto: senvestigi
• Finnish: riisua (fi)
• French: déshabiller (fr)
• Galician: espir, denudar, desvestir
• German: ausziehen (de)
• Greek: γδύνω (el) (gdýno), ξεντύνω (el) (xentýno)
• Hungarian: levetkőztet (hu)
• Icelandic: afklæða (is)
• Ido: desvestizar (io)
• Japanese: 脱がす (ぬがす, nugasu)
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• Korean: 옷을 벗다 (oseul beotda)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: veşelandin (ku), (cil) ji ber kirin, rûs kirin, tazî kirin

• Manx: neuchoamree
• Maori: whakahahake
• Norman: d'sabilyi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kle av seg

• Polish: rozbierać (pl)
• Portuguese: despir (pt)
• Quechua: ch'utiy
• Romanian: dezbrăca (ro)
• Russian: раздева́ть (ru) impf (razdevátʹ), разде́ть (ru) pf (razdétʹ)
• Spanish: desvestir (es)
• Swedish: klä av (sv)
• Turkish: soymak (tr)
• Ukrainian: роздяга́ти (rozdjaháty)
• Venetian: spojar (vec), despojar (vec)

Antonyms

• dress

Derived terms

• undress with one's eyes

Noun

undress (uncountable)

1. The state of having few or no clothes on.
   • 1855-57, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit

     The visitor, observing that she held the door on the inside, and that, when the uncle tried to open it, there was a sharp adjuration of 'Don't, stupid!' and an appearance of loose stocking and flannel, concluded that the young lady was in an undress.

2. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.

Translations

state of having little of no clothes on

• Finnish: alastomuus (fi), vaatteettomuus
• Icelandic: klæðaleysi n
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• Swedish: nakenhet (sv) c, klädlöshet c

type of dress

• Finnish: rytkyt pl (colloquial:negligent dress); arkiasu (ordinary dress)
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Anagrams

• drusens, sunders