different between undress vs denude
undress
English
Etymology
From Middle English undressen, equivalent to un- +? dress. Compare Old English uns?r?dan (“to undress”, literally “un-shroud”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n-dr?s', IPA(key): /?n?d??s/, /?n?d???s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
undress (third-person singular simple present undresses, present participle undressing, simple past and past participle undressed)
- (reflexive) To remove one's clothing. [from 16th c.]
- (intransitive) To remove one’s clothing. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive) To remove the clothing of (someone). [from 17th c.]
- (transitive, figuratively) To strip of something. [from 17th c.]
- To take the dressing, or covering, from.
Derived terms
- undressable, undress with one's eyes
Translations
Antonyms
- dress
Noun
undress (uncountable)
- (now archaic or historical) Partial or informal dress for women, as worn in the home rather than in public.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.20:
- Here he had not waited above ten minutes, when Emilia entered in a most inchanting undress, with all the graces of nature playing about her person, and in a moment rivetted the chains of his slavery beyond the power of accident to unbind.
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.20:
- (now archaic or historical) Informal clothing for men, as opposed to formal or ceremonial wear.
- Now more specifically, a state of having few or no clothes on.
- 1855-57, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
- The visitor, observing that she held the door on the inside, and that, when the uncle tried to open it, there was a sharp adjuration of 'Don't, stupid!' and an appearance of loose stocking and flannel, concluded that the young lady was in an undress.
- 1855-57, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit
Translations
Anagrams
- drusens, sunders
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denude
English
Etymology
From Middle French dénuder, from Latin d?n?d?re, from d?- + n?dus (“bare”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??nju?d/
- Hyphenation: de?nude
- Rhymes: -u?d
Verb
denude (third-person singular simple present denudes, present participle denuding, simple past and past participle denuded)
- To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
Translations
See also
- disrobe
- uncover
Anagrams
- Dundee, dudeen, duende, endued
Spanish
Verb
denude
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of denudar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of denudar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of denudar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of denudar.
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