| undress | 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe. 3. <medicine> To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. Origin: 1st pref. Un- + dress. 1. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress. 2. <astronomy> An authorised habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform. Undress parade, a substitute for dress parade, allowed in bad weather, the companies forming without arms, and the ceremony being shortened. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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