dress

Adjective

• (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
  • a dress dinner
    
  • a full-dress ceremony
    

• suitable for formal occasions
  • formal wear
    
  • a full-dress uniform
    
  • dress shoes
    

Noun

• clothing in general
  • she was refined in her choice of apparel
    
  • he always bought his clothes at the same store
    
  • fastidious about his dress
    

• clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
  • formal attire
    
  • battle dress
    

• a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

Verb

• arrange attractively
  • dress my hair for the wedding
    

• give a neat appearance to
  • groom the dogs
    
  • dress the horses
    

• apply a bandage or medication to
  • dress the victim's wounds
    

• convert into leather
  • dress the tanned skins
    

• cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  • dress the plants in the garden
    

• put a dressing on
  • dress the salads
    

• provide with decoration
  • dress the windows
    

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• arrange in ranks
  • dress troops
    

• kill and prepare for market or consumption
  • dress a turkey
    

• dress or groom with elaborate care
  • She likes to dress when going to the opera
    

• dress in a certain manner
  • She dresses in the latest Paris fashion
    
  • he dressed up in a suit and tie
    

• put a finish on
  • dress the surface smooth
    

• provide with clothes or put clothes on
  • Parents must feed and dress their child
    

• put on clothes
  • we had to dress quickly
    
  • dress the patient
    
  • Can the child dress by herself?
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  full-dress , apparel , wearing apparel , clothes , attire , garb , frock , arrange , set , do , coif , coiffe , coiffure , groom , curry , snip , clip , crop , trim , lop , prune , cut back , decorate , garnish , line up , dress out , preen , primp , plume , dress up , get dressed
• Antonyms: 
  undress , discase , uncase , unclothe , strip , strip down , disrobe , peel