undressed

/'ʌn'drest/
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undressed

The child undressed before taking a bath.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Not wearing clothes; naked or partially clothed: Describes a person, or sometimes an animal, who has no clothes on or is wearing only undergarments or sleepwear.
    • Not treated, processed, or finished: Describes a material (like wood, stone, leather, or a wound) that is in a raw, natural, or untreated state.
Usage and Examples
  • Adjective (Not wearing clothes):
    • The child ran out of the bathroom, still undressed.
    • She was caught undressed when the door opened unexpectedly.
  • Adjective (Not treated or finished):
    • The table was made from undressed pine logs.
    • The nurse cleaned the undressed wound before applying a bandage.
Advanced Usage
  • "to get undressed": This is a common verb phrase meaning to remove one's clothes.
    • He got undressed and took a shower.
  • Describing a state of casual attire, though this is less common.
    • He received guests while still undressed in his robe.
Variants and Related Words
  • Undress (verb): To remove one's clothes or the clothes of someone else.
    • Please undress and put on the hospital gown.
  • Undressing (noun/gerund): The act of removing clothes.
    • The undressing room was adjacent to the pool.
Synonyms
  • Naked, nude, unclothed (for the "not wearing clothes" sense).
  • Raw, untreated, unfinished, unprocessed (for the "not treated" sense).
Antonyms
  • Dressed, clothed, attired (for the "not wearing clothes" sense).
  • Treated, finished, processed, dressed (for the "not treated" sense). (Note: "Dressed" can mean both "wearing clothes" and "treated/finished," as in "dressed stone" or "dressed leather").
Notes on Meaning
  • The primary and most frequent meaning relates to a state of nudity or lack of clothing.
  • The secondary meaning is technical, used in contexts like construction, manufacturing, or medicine. "Undressed stone" is stone not cut or shaped for building. An "undressed wound" is one not covered with a proper bandage or dressing.
undressed

The child undressed before taking a bath.

Adjective
  1. having removed clothing
  2. of lumber or stone or hides; not finished or dressed
    • undressed granite
    • undressed hides

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