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Definition of 'dress'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) dress
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt cut or sewn as one piece.

2.  dress
clothing; apparel; garb.

3.  dress
formal attire.

4.  dress
a particular form of appearance; guise.

5.  dress
outer covering, as the plumage of birds.

6. (adj.) dress
of or for a dress or dresses.

7.  dress
of or for a formal occasion.

8.  dress
requiring formal dress.

9. (v.t.) dress
to put clothing upon; clothe.

10.  dress
to decorate, esp. for display; trim:
to dress a store window.

11.  dress
to supply with accessories; adorn; embellish.

12.  dress
to design clothing for or sell clothes to.

13.  dress
to comb out and do up (hair).

14.  dress
to trim and remove the feathers or skin, viscera, etc., of (fowl, game, etc.), esp. as preparation for cooking.

15.  dress
to garnish with a dressing:
to dress a salad with oil and vinegar.

16.  dress
to prepare or finish (a raw or unfinished product) by various processes, as by tanning (skins) or shaping (stone).

17.  dress
to apply medication or a dressing to (a wound or sore).

18.  dress
to make straight; bring (troops) into line:
to dress ranks.

19.  dress
to cultivate (land, fields, etc.).

20. (v.i.) dress
to put on one's clothes.

21.  dress
to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes:
to dress for dinner.

22.  dress
to come into line, as troops.

23.  dress
to align oneself with the next soldier, marcher, dancer, etc., in line.

24.  dress
dress down,

25.  dress
to reprimand; scold.

26.  dress
to dress informally or less formally.

27.  dress
dress up,

28.  dress
to put on one's best or fanciest clothing.

29.  dress
to dress in costume or in the style of another person.

30.  dress
to make more appealing or acceptable, as by omitting unpleasant features or details.

31.  dress
to decorate a ship by hoisting lines of flags running its full length.

32.  dress
U.S. Navy. to display the national ensigns at each masthead and on the flagstaff.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < AF dresser, dresc(i)er, to arrange, prepare, OF drecier < VL *dīrēctiāre, der. of L dīrēctusdirect)

Definition of 'dress'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) dress, frock
a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

2. (noun) attire, garb, dress
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
"formal attire"; "battle dress"

3. (adj) apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothes
clothing in general
"she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress"

4. (adj) full-dress, dress
suitable for formal occasions
"formal wear"; "a full-dress uniform"; "dress shoes"

5. (verb) dress, full-dress
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
"a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony"

6. (verb) dress, get dressed
put on clothes
"we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"

7. (verb) dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
provide with clothes or put clothes on
"Parents must feed and dress their child"

8. (verb) dress
put a finish on
"dress the surface smooth"

9. (verb) dress, dress up
dress in a certain manner
"She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"

10. (verb) preen, primp, plume, dress
dress or groom with elaborate care
"She likes to dress when going to the opera"

11. (verb) dress, dress out
kill and prepare for market or consumption
"dress a turkey"

12. (verb) dress, line up
arrange in ranks
"dress troops"

13. (verb) trim, garnish, dress
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

14. (verb) dress, decorate
provide with decoration
"dress the windows"

15. (verb) dress
put a dressing on
"dress the salads"

16. (verb) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"dress the plants in the garden"

17. (verb) dress
cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width

18. (verb) dress
convert into leather
"dress the tanned skins"

19. (verb) dress
apply a bandage or medication to
"dress the victim's wounds"

20. (verb) dress, groom, curry
give a neat appearance to
"groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"

21. (verb) dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure
arrange attractively
"dress my hair for the wedding"

Definition of 'dress'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) dress
to wear a particular type of clothing
Remember to dress for hot weather.; children dressing as ghosts and monsters for Halloween

2.  dress
≠ undress
Dress the kids first.; I got dressed as quickly as I could.

3.  dress
get dressed
to clean and bandage a wound
***The nurse dressed the cut.

4. (noun) dress
a piece of women's clothing that covers the upper body and part or all of the legs
a beautiful red dress; a wedding dress

5.  dress
clothes for a particular occasion, group, or historical period
in full military dress; casual/formal dress; traditional Austrian dress

Definition of 'dress'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) dress
that which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel

2. (noun) dress
a lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress

3. (noun) dress
attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it

4. (noun) dress
the system of furrows on the face of a millstone

5. (verb) dress
to direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order

6. (verb) dress
to arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks

7. (verb) dress
to treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part

8. (verb) dress
to adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them

9. (verb) dress
to cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish

10. (verb) dress
to put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck

11. (verb) dress
to break and train for use, as a horse or other animal

12. (verb) dress
to arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress!

13. (verb) dress
to clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly

Translation of 'dress'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to put clothes or a covering on We dressed in a hurry and my wife dressed the children.
Afrikaans: aantrek	Arabic: يَلْبِس	Bulgarian: обличам
Brazilian: vestir	Czech: obléci (se)	German: anziehen
Danish: klæde sig på; klæde på	Greek: ντύνω	Spanish: vestirse
Estonian: riidesse panema	Farsi: لباس پوشیدن	Finnish: pukeutua
French: (s')habiller	Hebrew: לְהִתלַבֵּש	Hindi: कपडे़ पहनना
Croatian: odjenuti se	Hungarian: (fel)öltöztet	Indonesian: mengenakan pakaian
Icelandic: klæðast	Italian: vestire, vestirsi	Japanese: 服を着せる
Korean: 옷을 입다	Lithuanian: ap(si)rengti	Latvian: ģērbties; apģērbt; apģērb
Malay: memakai pakaian	Dutch: (zich) aankleden	Norwegian: kle på (seg)
Polish: ubrać (się)	Persian: لباس پوشیدن	Pashto: جامى اغوستل
Portuguese: vestir	Romanian: a (se)îmbrăca	Russian: одевать(ся)
Slovak: obliecť (sa)	Slovenian: obleči (se)	Serbian: obući se
Swedish: klä [sig]	Thai: แต่งตัว	Turkish: giyinmek
Taiwanese: 穿衣	Ukrainian: одягати(ся), вбирати(ся)	Urdu: لباس پہننا یا پہنانا
Vietnamese: mặc quần áo	Chinese: 穿衣
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