undress
verb (used with object)
to take the clothes off (a person); disrobe.
had undressed
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past perfectof undress.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The woman in another room had undressed and donned a hospital gown.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
Mrs. Glass had undressed the package and now stood reading the fine print on the back of a carton of toothpaste.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
"The moment I had undressed and stood in my shirt, the latter began to crackle and became absolutely luminous, emitting a lot of sparks; the tails stuck together, and remained like that for some time."
From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.
When he had undressed he sat an hour in the candle-blaze, a dressing-gown thrown over his shoulders, striving vainly to recreate that evening call, to remember her every word and look and movement.
From The Valiants of Virginia by Hallie Erminie Rives
No one had undressed, all the passengers being huddled together in the principal saloon.
From The White Chief of the Caffres by A. W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson
