to undress

Examples

• All

• Please undress and get settled, and we'll be back in a moment.

  Babes (2024)

• Hey, I bet I can undress, do my exercises and get into bed before you make your next move.

  Straw Dogs (1971)

• I went up to my room after dinner and undressed for bed in the dark.

  Fiction book (1990)

• You schlep them upstairs, you undress them, you put them to bed.

  The Front Page (1974)

• Now, Molly, would you please get undressed?

  Working Girls (1987)

• She kept me waiting at the door as she undressed.

  The Maltese Falcon (1941)

• Standing near the stove, she undressed, put on her nightgown again, and went to bed.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I skated off the rink and began to undress, exhausted but strangely and pleasantly sated.

  Academic text (1999)

• After a long day at the beach, he decided to undress and take a shower.

• She quickly undressed before jumping into the pool to cool off.

Synonyms

T

to take off

vsto undress

∞ 1.5

To remove clothes or something from your body

is limited to removing clothing specifically rather than objects as well

S

to strip

vsto undress

• NSFW

63 3.4

Take off most or all clothes

can mean removing some or all clothing without requiring completeness

P

to peel

vsto undress

• NSFW

39 7.7

Take off some or all clothes in a noticeable way

is the neutral action term, not specifically informal or showy

D

to disrobe

vsto undress

12 6.3

To take off your clothes

is the neutral, everyday expression for the same action

S

to strip down

vsto undress

• NSFW

12 5.1

To take off most or all of your clothes

allows broader senses including partial or gradual clothing removal

U

to uncover

vsto undress

• NSFW

11 3.4

Remove clothing to show part of the body

focuses on removing clothing without stressing the revealing aspect

S

to strip off

vsto undress

• NSFW

9 3.7

To remove clothes or a cover completely and quickly

may describe clothing removal without speed or single decisive action

D

to divest

vsto undress

• Formal

3 7.3

Remove clothes from the body

is more neutral and common in everyday speech

U

to unclothe

vsto undress

• NSFW

7.4

To remove clothes from a person or a cover from an object

is the simple physical action without figurative or broad uses

Antonyms

D

to dress

∞ 1.0

To put clothes on yourself or someone else

C

to clothe

19 3.2

To put clothes on someone or cover their body with clothes

Idioms

U

to undress with one's eyes

• NSFW

9.7

To look at someone in a way that shows sexual interest as if they have no clothes

How Undressed

to strip

• NSFW

63 3.4

to undress

• NSFW

88 2.0

to take off

∞ 1.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology