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# undress

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

«undress» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To take off your clothes, or to take someone's clothes off (like a baby or doll). [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/#m2)

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

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, an "undressed" vine is one left unpruned, which grows wild during the Sabbatical and Jubilee years.

**Interpretation.** Tradition holds that in the seventh and fiftieth year the land rests, and the unpruned vine reminds that the land belongs to God.

### Examples

- A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you; ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines. (Torah LEV.25.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/undress/#x1)
- That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather; it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. (Torah LEV.25.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/undress/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «undress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«undress» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/undress.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «undress» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/undress/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«undress» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/undress.html) on Mova free.