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undrape

[ uhn-dreyp ]

verb (used with object)

undraped, undraping.
  1. to strip of drapery; uncover.


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of undrape1

First recorded in 1865–70; un- 2 + drape
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Along their outbound trajectories, both Voyagers now locally measure magnetic fields that are stronger than—and askew from—values extrapolated from IBEX’s remote all-sky observations of the undraped magnetic field farther out.

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Former New York mayor Philip Hone wrote in his diary that the statue looked “like a great herculean Warrior — like Venus of the Bath — undraped, with a huge napkin lying on his lap.â€

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He appeared to be hitting on a female acquaintance, who, by the way she slipped away from him, didn’t seem all the impressed by his undraped nose.

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But “Shameless†is much more than the sum of its undraped body parts, as attention-grabbing as those might be.

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The girl’s undraped limbs, turned-out feet and erect posture speak of submission to ballet’s discipline; her hands, clasped behind her back, radiate stoicism.

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