cast off vs undress

cast off

verb
  • To discard or reject something. 

  • To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way. 

  • To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle. 

  • To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy. 

undress

verb
  • To strip of something. 

  • To remove the clothing of (someone). 

  • To remove one's clothing. 

  • To remove one’s clothing. 

  • To take the dressing, or covering, from. 

noun
  • Partial or informal dress for women, as worn in the home rather than in public. 

  • Informal clothing for men, as opposed to formal or ceremonial wear. 

  • Now more specifically, a state of having few or no clothes on. 

How often have the words cast off and undress occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )