undressed

UK: /ˌʌnˈdrɛst/ US: (un drest′)

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un•dressed  (un drest′), adj. 

1. wearing few or no clothes.
2. wearing informal clothing or clothing not meant to be worn in public.
3. not dressed;
   not specially prepared:
   undressed poultry; an undressed salad.
4. Clothing (of leather) having a napped finish on the flesh side.

• 1400–50; late Middle English; see un-¹, dress, -ed²

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undressed / ʌnˈdrɛst/ adjective

1. partially or completely naked
2. (of an animal hide) not fully processed
3. (of food, esp salad) not prepared with sauce or dressing

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un•dress /ʌnˈdrɛs/   v. 

1. to take the clothes off (oneself, a person, etc.);
   disrobe: [no object]
   undressed and went to bed.
   [~ + object]
   undressed the baby.

n. [uncountable]

2. the condition of being unclothed;
   nakedness.

un•dressed, adj. [be + ~] :

was undressed and ready for bed.

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un•dress  (un dres′), v., -dressed or -drest, -dress•ing, n., adj. 
v.t. 

1. to take the clothes off (a person);
   disrobe.
2. to remove the dressing from (a wound, sore, etc.).
3. to strip or divest of or as if of a covering;
   expose:
   to undress a pretense.

v.i. 

4. to take off one's clothes.

n. 

5. Clothing dress of a style designed to be worn on other than highly formal or ceremonial occasions;
   informal dress, as opposed to full dress.
6. Clothing dress of a style not designed to be worn in public;
   dishabille;
   negligee:
   She couldn't receive guests in such a state of undress.
7. the condition of being unclothed;
   nakedness.

adj. 

8. Clothing of or pertaining to clothing of a style less formal than full dress:
   undress uniform.
9. Clothing characterized by informality of dress, manners, or the like:
   an undress dinner party.

• un-² + dress 1590–1600

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undress verb / ʌnˈdrɛs/

1. to take off clothes from (oneself or another)
2. (transitive) to strip of ornamentation
3. (transitive) to remove the dressing from (a wound)

noun / ʌnˈdrɛs/

1. partial or complete nakedness
2. informal or normal working clothes or uniform