"underdress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: underdresses [plural]
Etymology: From under- + dress. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|dress}} under- + dress Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} underdress (countable and uncountable, plural underdresses)
  1. (countable) Any dress (feminine-style garment) worn under another, especially under an overdress. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-underdress-en-noun-scAVZ6Pu Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 23 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 23 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 32 32 17 18
  2. (countable, uncountable) Any garment (any clothing) that is worn under another but is not underwear. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-underdress-en-noun-KADNlNuO Disambiguation of Clothing: 17 32 25 25 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 23 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 23 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 32 32 17 18

Verb

Forms: underdresses [present, singular, third-person], underdressing [participle, present], underdressed [participle, past], underdressed [past]
Etymology: From under- + dress. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|dress}} under- + dress Head templates: {{en-verb}} underdress (third-person singular simple present underdresses, present participle underdressing, simple past and past participle underdressed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To dress in insufficiently warm clothes. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-underdress-en-verb-BwMQOtLg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 23 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 23 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 32 32 17 18
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To dress in insufficiently formal clothes. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-underdress-en-verb-I1Xn1ff1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 23 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 25 23 27 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 32 32 17 18

Inflected forms

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