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dress

(dr/E/s )

noun (n)

a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
frock

source: wordnet30
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion(noun.artifact)

Example:
Battle dress.

Synonym:
attire, garb

source: wordnet30
clothing in general(noun.artifact)

Example:
Fastidious about his dress.

Synonym:
apparel, clothes, wearing apparel

source: wordnet30
That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel.(noun)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

suitable for formal occasions(adj.all)

Example:
A full-dress uniform.
Dress shoes.

source: wordnet30
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes(adj.all)

Example:
A dress dinner.
A full-dress ceremony.

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

put on clothes(verb.body)

Example:
We had to dress quickly.
Dress the patient.
Can the child dress by herself?.

Synonym:
get dressed
Antonym:
discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress

source: wordnet30
provide with clothes or put clothes on(verb.body)

Example:
Parents must feed and dress their child.

Synonym:
apparel, clothe, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog

source: wordnet30
put a finish on(verb.contact)

Example:
Dress the surface smooth.

source: wordnet30
dress in a certain manner(verb.body)

Example:
She dresses in the latest Paris fashion.
He dressed up in a suit and tie.

Synonym:
dress up

source: wordnet30
dress or groom with elaborate care(verb.body)

Example:
She likes to dress when going to the opera.

Synonym:
plume, preen, primp

source: wordnet30
kill and prepare for market or consumption(verb.change)

Example:
Dress a turkey.

Synonym:
dress out

source: wordnet30
arrange in ranks(verb.motion)

Example:
Dress troops.

Synonym:
line up

source: wordnet30
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods(verb.creation)

Synonym:
garnish, trim

source: wordnet30
provide with decoration(verb.contact)

Example:
Dress the windows.

Synonym:
decorate

source: wordnet30
put a dressing on(verb.contact)

Example:
Dress the salads.

source: wordnet30
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of(verb.contact)

Example:
Dress the plants in the garden.

Synonym:
clip, crop, cut back, lop, prune, snip, trim

source: wordnet30
cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
convert into leather(verb.change)

Example:
Dress the tanned skins.

source: wordnet30
apply a bandage or medication to(verb.body)

Example:
Dress the victim's wounds.

source: wordnet30
give a neat appearance to(verb.body)

Example:
Dress the horses.

Synonym:
curry, groom

source: wordnet30
arrange attractively(verb.body)

Example:
Dress my hair for the wedding.

Synonym:
arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, set

source: wordnet30
To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.(verb)

source: webster1913
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!(verb)

source: webster1913

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