dress

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dress

She chooses a blue dress for the party.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • Clothing, attire: Garments or apparel in general, or a particular style of clothing.
    • A one-piece garment: A garment for women or girls that covers the body and extends down over the legs, typically consisting of a bodice and a skirt.

  2. Verb:

    • To put clothes on oneself or someone else: To wear or provide clothing.
    • To wear clothes of a particular type or style: To habitually wear a specific kind of attire.
    • To decorate or arrange: To make something neat, attractive, or ready for use.
    • To treat or prepare: To clean, bandage, or apply substances to something, especially a wound, or to prepare food, leather, or land.

  3. Adjective:

    • Relating to formal attire: Suitable for or requiring formal clothing.
Usage

  • As a Noun (General Clothing):

    • He has a unique sense of dress.
    • The invitation specified formal dress.

  • As a Noun (Garment):

    • She wore a beautiful blue dress to the party.

  • As a Verb (To Put On Clothes):

    • It takes the child a long time to dress in the morning.
    • Could you dress the baby, please?

  • As a Verb (To Wear a Style):

    • She likes to dress elegantly for work.

  • As a Verb (To Decorate/Arrange):

    • The chef will dress the salad with vinaigrette.
    • They dress the store windows for every holiday.

  • As a Verb (To Treat/Prepare):

    • The nurse will dress the wound.
    • The farmer will dress the field before planting.

  • As an Adjective (Formal):

    • The event is a dress dinner, so a suit is required.
    • He wore dress shoes to the interview.
Advanced Usage

  • "To dress down":

    • To wear informal clothing.
      • The office allows employees to dress down on Fridays.
    • To reprimand or criticize someone severely.
      • The manager dressed down the employee for the mistake.

  • "To dress up":

    • To wear formal or fancy clothes.
      • We need to dress up for the gala.
    • To wear a costume.
      • The children dressed up as superheroes for Halloween.
    • To make something appear more attractive or impressive than it is.
      • They dressed up the basic report with lots of charts.

  • "To dress a window": To decorate a shop window with merchandise.

    • Her job is to dress the windows for the new season.

  • "Right dress!" / "Dress right!": A military command to align oneself with the person on the right.

Variants and Related Words
  • Dresser (noun): A person who dresses in a particular way (e.g., ), or a piece of furniture with drawers for clothes.
  • Dressing (noun): A sauce for salads; the act of putting on clothes; material applied to a wound.
  • Dressy (adjective): Smart and fashionable, suitable for formal occasions.
  • Undress (verb/noun): The opposite action; to remove clothes or a state of being without clothes.
  • Redress (verb/noun): To remedy or set right (a different word, but shares the root "-dress").
Synonyms
  • Noun (Clothing): Attire, apparel, garments, clothes, garb.
  • Noun (Garment): Gown, frock.
  • Verb (To clothe): Attire, clothe, garb, robe.
  • Verb (To decorate): Adorn, decorate, garnish, trim.
Phrasal Verbs
  • Dress up: (See "Advanced Usage" above).
  • Dress down: (See "Advanced Usage" above).
  • Dress for: To wear clothes suitable for a specific occasion or activity.
    • You should dress for the cold weather.
Idioms
  • Dressed to kill: Dressed in very stylish or alluring clothes to impress.
    • She arrived at the party dressed to kill.
  • Dressed to the nines: Dressed very elaborately or smartly.
    • He was dressed to the nines for his wedding.
  • In full dress: Wearing complete formal attire, especially ceremonial uniform.
    • The officers were in full dress for the parade.
dress

She chooses a blue dress for the party.

Adjective
  1. (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
    • a dress dinner
    • a full-dress ceremony
  2. suitable for formal occasions
    • formal wear
    • a full-dress uniform
    • dress shoes
Noun
  1. clothing in general
    • she was refined in her choice of apparel
    • he always bought his clothes at the same store
    • fastidious about his dress
  2. clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
    • formal attire
    • battle dress
  3. a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
Verb
  1. arrange attractively
    • dress my hair for the wedding
  2. give a neat appearance to
    • groom the dogs
    • dress the horses
  3. apply a bandage or medication to
    • dress the victim's wounds
  4. convert into leather
    • dress the tanned skins
  5. cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
  6. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
    • dress the plants in the garden
  7. put a dressing on
    • dress the salads
  8. provide with decoration
    • dress the windows
  9. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
  10. arrange in ranks
    • dress troops
  11. kill and prepare for market or consumption
    • dress a turkey
  12. dress or groom with elaborate care
    • She likes to dress when going to the opera
  13. dress in a certain manner
    • She dresses in the latest Paris fashion
    • he dressed up in a suit and tie
  14. put a finish on
    • dress the surface smooth
  15. provide with clothes or put clothes on
    • Parents must feed and dress their child
  16. put on clothes
    • we had to dress quickly
    • dress the patient
    • Can the child dress by herself?

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