Dress
WordNet
adjective
(1) (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
"A dress dinner"
"A full-dress ceremony"
(2) Suitable for formal occasions
"Formal wear"
"A full-dress uniform"
"Dress shoes"
noun
(3) 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) Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
"Formal attire"
"Battle dress"
(5) A one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
verb
(6) Arrange attractively
"Dress my hair for the wedding"
(7) Dress or groom with elaborate care
"She likes to dress when going to the opera"
(8) Dress in a certain manner
"She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"
"He dressed up in a suit and tie"
(9) Give a neat appearance to
"Groom the dogs"
"Dress the horses"
(10) Put on clothes
"We had to dress quickly"
"Dress the patient"
"Can the child dress by herself?"
(11) Provide with clothes or put clothes on
"Parents must feed and dress their child"
(12) Apply a bandage or medication to
"Dress the victim's wounds"
(13) Convert into leather
"Dress the tanned skins"
(14) Kill and prepare for market or consumption
"Dress a turkey"
(15) Put a finish on
"Dress the surface smooth"
(16) Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"Dress the plants in the garden"
(17) Put a dressing on
"Dress the salads"
(18) Provide with decoration
"Dress the windows"
(19) Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
(20) Arrange in ranks
"Dress troops"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which covers the upper part of the body as well as below the waist.
- Amy and Mary looked very pretty in their dresses.
- Apparel, clothing.
Verb
- To prepare oneself; to make ready.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
- And lyghtly syr Gawayne rose on his feet, and pulled out his swerd, and dressyd hym toward syr Marhaus on foote [...].
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
- To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or somebody).
- He was dressed in the latest fashions.
- To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
- I rose and dressed before daybreak.
- Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers.
- Does sir dress to the right or the left?
- To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
- To bandage (a wound).
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.