"undressing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: undressings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} undressing (plural undressings)
  1. The act of removing somebody's clothes. Derived forms: paradoxical undressing
    Sense id: en-undressing-en-noun-BEvVLkPQ

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} undressing
  1. present participle and gerund of undress Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: undress
    Sense id: en-undressing-en-verb-gKe1r2LE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 86

Inflected forms

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