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# undress

«undress» in Mova's school dictionary: **To take off your clothes, or to take someone's clothes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (undress, undresses, undressed, undressing); noun (in a state of undress)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To take off your clothes, or to take someone's clothes off (like a baby or doll). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/#m1)

2) (noun, formal or jokey) «in a state of undress» means not fully dressed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

An everyday word for bedtime, bath time and PE: «Undress for your bath», «Get undressed for bed». Privacy and safety: your body is private; you get changed in private spaces, and no one should make you undress or take photos — tell a trusted adult if this happens.

### examples

- Undress and get into your pyjamas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/#x1)
- Mum undressed the baby for the bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/#x2)
- We undressed quickly in the changing room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/#x3)
- The doctor asked him to undress to the waist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/#x4)
- He got undressed and jumped into bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/#x5)
- She answered the door in a state of undress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/#x6)
- She undressed herself and got into the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. «Get undressed» is more common in speech than «undress». Opposite: dress, get dressed.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «undress» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.