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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Undress

/ŭn-drĕs'/ · Un·dress · IPA /ʌnˈdɹɛs/
01 v. t. To divest of clothes; to strip.
  1. 1.
    To divest of clothes; to strip.
  2. 2.
    To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
  3. 3.
    To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound.(Med.)
02 n. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.
  1. 1.
    A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.
  2. 2.
    An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform.(Mil. & Naval)
Phrases & compounds
Undress parade — a substitute for dress parade, allowed in bad weather, the companies forming without arms, and the ceremony being shortened.