undress vs veil

undress

verb
  • To take the dressing, or covering, from. 

  • To remove the clothing of (someone). 

  • To remove one's clothing. 

  • To remove one’s clothing. 

  • To strip of something. 

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. 

veil

verb
  • To dress in, or decorate with, a veil. 

  • To conceal as with a veil. 

noun
  • A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom. 

  • A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense. 

  • A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum. 

  • Anything that partially obscures a clear view. 

  • A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head) 

  • The calyptra of mosses. 

  • That which separates the living and the spirit world. 

  • An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation. 

  • velum (A circular membrane round the cap of a medusa). 

  • Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. 

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