undressing
present participle ofundress
undress
verb[IorT]
uk/ʌnˈdres/us/ʌnˈdres/B1
toremoveyourclothesorremovetheclothesfrom someoneelse:
Could you undress thekidsforbed, Steve?
He undressed and got into theshower.
Not wearing or removing clothes
- altogether
- au naturel
- bare
- bare nakedidiom
- barefoot
- fling
- immodest
- immodesty
- in shirtsleevesidiom
- inyourbirthday suitidiom
- inyourstocking(ed) feetidiom
- revealing
- shirtsleeve
- shuck
- shucksomethingoff
- slip
- streaker
- trou
- undress
- undressed
Idiom
undresssomeonewithyoureyes
Examplesofundressing
undressing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Physical burdens, include the tasks of dressing andundressing, washing and massaging an elderly person, are physically draining and performed alongside a pre-existing daily work routine.
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Its setting is described as a 'boudoir', but throughout is treated as a bedroom, with a certain amount ofundressinggoing on, finally ending in bed.
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Children have a remarkable habit ofundressingthemselves in most unorthodox ways.
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Lack of proper opportunity for privacy when dressing andundressing, and things of that kind, are connected with the question of examination by students.
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It involves helping with eating, drinking, toileting, washing, dressing andundressing, as well as assisting with mobility and personal safety.
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Dressing andundressingoneself is an important part of our everyday lives and something that most of us take very much for granted.
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Electronicallyundressingcitizens, with or without 'guarantees', is totally unacceptable and it needs to be roundly and decisively condemned straight away.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
He beganundressinghimself at will in front of their children, urinating in saucepans and creating havoc in his bed.
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However, the medical practitioner ruled her out on the ground that she was capable of dressing orundressingherself and washing and bathing.
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At no time was any violence used for dressing orundressing.
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The rich are now down to their vest and pants and it would be both difficult and improper to take theundressingof the rich any further.
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Hctor looks at the forest behind their house with binoculars, when he sees someone who turns out to be a young womanundressing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Degree hot spring of love without regard toundressingaround and see the hot springs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.I watched her eating, walking, bathing, making-up, dressing,undressing, my curiosity was insatiable.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The first was used for dressing,undressing, and resting.
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- not-know-from-adam
- not know sb from Adam
- not-know-sb-from-adam
- not know someone from Adam
- not-know-the-first-thing-about
- not know the first thing about something
- not know the first thing about sth
- not-know-the-first-thing-about-sth
- not know the half of it
- seal of approval
- seal-of-approval
- seal-off
- seal pup
- seal sb's fate
- seal-sb-s-fate
- sealskin
- seal someone's fate
- seal something in
- scavenged
- scavenger
- scavenger hunt
- scavenger-hunt
- scavenging
- SCC
- SCEM