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