dress

Forms

1.To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
- He was dressed in the latest fashions.
- My kids are old enough to dress themselves now.
2.To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).
- The fashion designer was proud to have dressed the queen for the charity event.
3.To arrange or style (someone's hair).
- By and by the King and Queen, who looked in this dress (a white laced waistcoat and a crimson short pettycoat, and her hair dressed à la negligence) mighty pretty; and the King rode hand in hand with her.
4.To adorn or ornament (something).
- It was time to dress the windows for Christmas again.
- There was no occasion for [Francis] Jeffrey to have written with such extreme harshness. If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form.

1.An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.
- Amy and Mary looked very pretty in their dresses.
- She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
2.An item of outer clothing or set of such clothes (worn by people of all sexes) which is generally decorative and appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- He wore a bright orange dress to the office yesterday.
3.Apparel or clothing, especially when appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
- He came to the party in formal dress.
- Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
4.Ellipsis of dress rehearsal.

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