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untress

untress verb: to free (the hair) from tresses.

Verb

untress (third-person singular simple present untresses, present participle untressing, simple past and past participle untressed)

  1. (transitive) To free (the hair) from tresses.

Forms of untress

third-person singular presentuntresses
present participleuntressing
past participleuntressed
pastuntressed

Origin of untress

From un- + tress.

Questions about untress

What does untress mean?
Untress means to free (the hair) from tresses.
What part of speech is untress?
Untress is a verb.
What is the past tense of untress?
The past tense of untress is untressed.

Words near untress in the dictionary

  1. untrendiness
  2. untrendy
  3. untrepanned
  4. untrespassed
  5. untrespassing
  6. untress
  7. untressed
  8. untresses
  9. untressing
  10. untrew
  11. untriable

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