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dress
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- pronunciation:
- dres
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- dress up
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a girl's or woman's one-piece garment consisting of a blouse connected to the waist of a skirt.
- synonyms:
- frock
- similar words:
- gown, shift, shirtwaist
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| definition 2: |
apparel; clothing.
- synonyms:
- apparel, clothing, raiment
- similar words:
- clothes, costume, duds, garb, getup, guise, habiliments, habit, outfit, threads, toggery, togs, wear
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| definition 3: |
formal clothing.
- synonyms:
- attire, evening dress, Sunday best, vestment, white tie
- similar words:
- apparel, array, black tie, caparison, dinner jacket, formal, robe, tuxedo
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| related words: |
uniform |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
dresses, dressing, dressed |
| definition 1: |
to put clothing on.
She dressed the children in their warmest clothes.
- synonyms:
- apparel, array, clothe, garb, garment, rig out
- antonyms:
- strip, unclothe, undress
- similar words:
- attire, bedizen, caparison, costume, deck out, don, equip, habit, outfit, tog out, trick out
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| definition 2: |
to decorate.
We dressed the windows with gingham curtains.- synonyms:
- adorn, apparel, decorate, garnish, gussy up, rig out
- similar words:
- bedizen, deck out, drape, embellish, ornament, trick out, trim
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| definition 3: |
to treat (a wound) by applying medication, bandages, or other medical preparations.
The nurses cleaned and dressed the wounds of the soldiers.- antonyms:
- undress
- similar words:
- bandage, bind, cleanse, disinfect, treat
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| definition 4: |
to prepare (an animal, esp. fowl) for cooking.
- similar words:
- butcher, clean, cut, disembowel, draw, eviscerate, gut, prepare, skin, stuff, trim
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| definition 5: |
to arrange or style (hair).
- synonyms:
- do, style
- similar words:
- comb, curl, cut, perm, set
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| definition 6: |
to prepare (stone, ore, timber, skins, or the like) by a special process.
- synonyms:
- process
- similar words:
- prepare, treat
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| related words: |
adorn, apparel, barber, furnish, pluck, singe, suit, uniform |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to put clothes on oneself, or to generally attire oneself (in a specified manner).
She dressed quickly, as she was late for work.He always dresses casually even on formal occasions.She dresses so elegantly that I always feel put to shame.
- antonyms:
- strip, undress
- similar words:
- outfit, preen, primp, prink
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| definition 2: |
to wear formal clothing.
In those days, the family always dressed for dinner.- synonyms:
- gown, gussy up
- similar words:
- vest
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| related words: |
change, put on, wrap |
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| phrase: |
dress up |
| derivation: |
dressed (adj.) |
Word Builder: dress +
- dress code:
rules that tell you what you may or may not wear in a place.
- dressed:
wearing clothes.
- dressmaker:
a person who makes dresses and other women's clothes.
- dress shop:
a shop that sells dresses and other women's clothing.
- dressy:
formal; fancy.
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