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Dress

drɛs

Dress definitions
verb
dress dressed dresses dressing
  1. put on one's clothes

    "Graham showered and dressed quickly"

    put on clothes don clothes slip into clothes clothe oneself get dressed
    • wear clothes in a particular way or of a particular type

      "she's nice-looking and dresses well"

    • put on clothes appropriate for a formal occasion

      "we dressed for dinner every night"

    • put clothes on (someone)

      "they dressed her in a white hospital gown"

    • design or supply clothes for (a celebrity)

      "for over four decades he dressed the royal family"

  2. decorate (something) in an artistic or attractive way

    "she'd enjoyed dressing the tree when the children were little"

    • decorate (a ship) with flags for a special occasion
    • arrange or style (hair)

      "Patrick dressed Michelle's hair in a sculptured, Japanese-type style"

  3. clean, treat, or apply a dressing to (a wound)

    "she washed the wound and dressed it with fresh bandages"

  4. clean and prepare (food, especially poultry or shellfish) for cooking or eating

    "dress the crab and shell the prawns"

    prepare get ready make ready
    • add a dressing to (a salad)

      "dress the salad with vinaigrette"

  5. apply a fertilizer to (an area of ground or a plant)

    "the field was dressed with unrotted farmyard manure"

    • complete the preparation or manufacture of (leather or fabric) by treating its surface in some way

      "the leather had been dressed with alum"

    • smooth the surface of (stone)

      "it takes two days to dress a pair of millstones"

  6. draw up (troops) in the proper alignment
    line up put in line align straighten arrange put into order dispose set out get into rows/columns
    • (of troops) come into proper alignment
  7. (of a man) have the genitals habitually on one or the other side of the fork of the trousers

    "do you dress to the left?"

  8. make (an artificial fly) for use in fishing

    "after you dress a dry fly, be sure to remove any oil before you make your next cast"

noun
dress dresses
  1. a one-piece garment that covers the body and extends down over the thighs or legs, worn especially by women and girls

    "a white cotton dress"

  2. clothing of a specified kind for men or women

    "traditional African dress"

    • denoting military uniform or other clothing used on formal or ceremonial occasions

      "a dress suit"