undress B1 Topic:Clothing & Appearance US /ʌnˈdɹɛs/ See IPA manual Freq #9546 Meanings 1 verb To take off your clothes. The doctor asked me to undress for the examination. 2 verb To take off someone else's clothes. Mary began to undress her daughter before bath time. 3 noun The state of being partly or completely naked. He answered the door in a state of undress. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to take off your clothes. stripdisrobe More denudedespoildismantledivestdoffpeelunclothe ↔ Opposites clothedress Word family Forms undressesundressing Derived forms undressable Related forms naked Etymology AI details From Middle English undressen, equivalent to un- + dress. Compare Old English unsċrȳdan (“to undress”, literally “un-shroud”). undressen Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Clothing & Appearance External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # undress **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** verb, noun **IPA (US):** /ʌnˈdɹɛs/ **Frequency rank:** 9546 ## Meanings 1. To take off your clothes. 2. To take off someone else's clothes. 3. The state of being partly or completely naked. ## Examples - The doctor asked me to undress for the examination. - Mary began to undress her daughter before bath time. - He answered the door in a state of undress. ## Synonyms - denude - despoil - dismantle - disrobe - divest - doff - peel - strip - unclothe ## Antonyms - clothe - dress ## Derived Forms - undressable ## Related Forms - naked ## Roots and Affixes - Root: undressen ## Etymology From Middle English undressen, equivalent to un- + dress. Compare Old English unsċrȳdan (“to undress”, literally “un-shroud”). ## AI Etymology Undress is from Middle English undressen, equivalent to un- + dress. Compare Old English unsċrȳdan (“to undress”, literally “un-shroud”). The historical line also includes Middle English undressen. In present-day use, it can mean to take off your clothes, or to take off someone else's clothes. Derived formations include undressable. ## Topics - Clothing & Appearance markdown