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Dress

Dress Meaning & Definition
Dress Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dress?

[n] clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
[n] a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
[adj] (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony"
[adj] suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full-dress uniform"; "dress shoes"
[v] arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding"
[v] dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
[v] dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"
[v] give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"
[v] put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"
[v] provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"
[v] apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds"
[v] convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins"
[v] kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey"
[v] put a finish on; "dress the surface smooth"
[v] cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of"dress the plants in the garden"
[v] put a dressing on; "dress the salads"
[v] provide with decoration; "dress the windows"
[v] decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
[v] arrange in ranks; "dress troops"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dress: arrange | attire | clip | coif | coiffe | coiffure | crop | cut back | decorate | do | dress out | formal | frock | full-dress | garb | garnish | line up | lop | plume | preen | primp | prune | set | snip | trim | trim

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dress: accouter | adorn | anoint | apparel | appoint | arm | armory | arrange | array | attire | backset | badge | badge of office | badges | ballet skirt | bandage | bathe | baton | bawl out | beautify | bedeck | bedizen | bedizenment | bedrape | beeswax | berate | bib and tucker | bind | blazon | blazonry | bless | brassard | brush up | buff | bundle up | burnish | butcher | button | camouflage | cap and gown | care for | castigate | chain | chain of office | cheongsam | chew out | chiton | clad | class ring | clean | clear for action | clear the decks | clothe | clothes | clothing | cockade | cocktail dress | collar | color | costume | crinoline | cross | culottes | cultivate | culture | cure | cut | dab | dandify | daub | deck | deck out | decorate | decoration | delve | deploy | diagnose | dig | dight | dirndl | disguise | dizen | doctor | doll up | drag | drape | drapery | dress down | dress up | dresses | dressing | dub | dud | duds | eagle | embellish | emblazon | emblems | embrocate | embroider | enclothe | endue | enrich | enrobe | enshroud | ensigns | envelop | enwrap | equalize | equip | even | fallow | fasces | fashion | fatigues | fatten | feathers | fecundify | fertilize | fettle | fig | fig out | figurehead | fit | fit out | fit up | fix | fix up | flatten | fleur-de-lis | flux | force | frock | fructify | full skirt | furbish | furnish | garb | garment | garments | garnish | gear | get ready | give care to | glycerolate | gown | grace | grade | grass skirt | grease | grease the wheels | groom | guise | gussy up | gut | habiliment | habiliments | habilitate | habit | hammer and sickle | harrow | heal | heel | heraldry | hobble skirt | hoe | impregnate | inseminate | insignia | invest | investiture | investment | jumper | jupe | kilt | kirtle | labor | lap | lapel pin | lard | lay | level | linen | list | livery | lubricate | mace | make arrangements | make preparations | make ready | man | manicure | mantle | mantua | manure | markings | marshal | masquerade | massage | maxiskirt | medal | medicate | microskirt | midiskirt | miniskirt | minister to | mobilize | mortarboard | Mother Hubbard | mow | muffle up | mulch | munition | muu-muu | nurse | oil | old school tie | operate on | ornament | outfit | overdress | paint | pannier | peplum | petticoat | physic | pin | pinafore | plan | plane | planish | plaster | plow | plume | polish | pomade | poultice | prank | prank up | prearrange | preen | prep | prepare | pretreat | prettify | primp | primp up | prink | prink up | process | prolificate | provide | prune | purge | put in shape | rag out | rags | raiment | rake | ready | ready up | rebuke | redecorate | redo | refurbish | regalia | remedy | reprimand | reprove | rig | rig out | rig up | ring | robe | robes | rose | rub | rub up | sack | salve | sand | sandblast | sandpaper | sari | sarong | school ring | scold | set off | set out | settle preliminaries | shamrock | shave | sheath | sheathe | shine | shirtdress | shroud | sigillography | skirt | skull and crossbones | slaughter | slick | slick on | slit skirt | smarten | smarten up | smear | smooth | smooth down | smooth out | smooth the way | soap the ways | spade | sphragistics | splint | sportswear | spruce up | staff | strap | style | suit | swaddle | swastika | swathe | tan | tartan | tea gown | tell off | tend | thin | thin out | things | thistle | threads | tie | till | till the soil | tire | titivate | togs | toilette | tongue-lash | treat | trick out | trick up | trim | try out | turn out | tutu | unguent | uniform | upbraid | verge | vestment | vesture | wand | wax | wear | wearing apparel | weed | weed out | work | wrap | wrap up

See Also | adorn | apparel | apply | arrange | article of clothing | assume | attire | bandage | beautify | beautify | bob | bodice | bundle up | caftan | care for | change | change over | change state | chemise | clothes | clothing | coat | coatdress | cocktail dress | convert | corset | costume | costume | cover | cross-dress | dandify | deck out | deck up | decorate | dirndl | disbud | disguise | don | dress down | dress up | ecclesiastical attire | ecclesiastical robe | embellish | embellish | evening clothes | evening dress | eveningwear | fancy up | fig out | fig up | finish | formalwear | frock | garment | get into | get up | getup | gown | gown | grace | groom | gussy up | habit | habit | hemline | jacket | jumper | kaftan | kill | kirtle | morning dress | Mother Hubbard | muumuu | neaten | neckline | ornament | outfit | overclothe | overdress | pinafore | pinch | pinny | plaster | poll | pollard | polonaise | position | poultice | prepare | prettify | prim | prim out | prim up | prink | put on | put on | rig | rig out | robe | sack | saree | sari | set up | shear | sheath | shift | shirt | shirtdress | shoe | slide fastener | Sunday best | thin out | tog out | tog up | top | treat | trick out | trick up | turn | underdress | vest | vesture | vesture | wave | wear | wear | wearing apparel | wrap up | zip | zip-fastener | zipper

Dress In Webster's Dictionary

\Dress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dressed}or {Drest}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dressing}.] [OF. drecier to make straight, raise, set up, prepare, arrange, F. dresser. (assumed) LL. directiare, fr. L. dirigere, directum, to direct; dis- + regere to rule. See {Right}, and cf. {Address}, {Adroit}, {Direct}, {Dirge}.] 1. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order. [Obs.] At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to dress thy ways. --Chaucer. Note: Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of ``to direct one's step; to address one's self.'' To Grisild again will I me dresse. --Chaucer. 2. (Mil.) 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. 3. (Med.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part. 4. 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. And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15. When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. --Ex. xxx. 7. Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. --Dryden. Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. --Tennyson
\Dress\, v. i. 1. (Mil.) 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! 2. To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly. ``To dress for a ball.'' --Latham. To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. --Tennyson . {To dress to the right}, {To dress to the left}, {To dress on the center} (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide.
\Dress\, n. 1. That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel. ``In your soldier's dress.'' --Shak. 2. A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress. 3. Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it. Men of pleasure, dress, and gallantry. -- Pope. 4. (Milling) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone. --Knight. {Dress circle}. See under {Circle}. {Dress parade} (Mil.), a parade in full uniform for review.

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