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
Zeal had undressed, extended himself on the bed, and covered his body with an eider-down quilt.
From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
She marched him upstairs to his room and stood in the doorway until he had undressed and put on his pajamas and got into bed.
From David and the Phoenix by Raysor, Joan
All the rest of that day Bessie treated Augusta and Grace with the utmost respect; and when she had undressed them and put them to bed, she lingered as if anxious to say something.
From Harper's Young People, January 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
