dress [ dres] n.女服，童装；服装
dress up 穿上盛装
dress up 穿上盛装，打扮得漂漂亮亮
dress up
穿上盛装，打扮得漂漂亮亮
dress [dres] n. 女服,连衣裙;(统指)服装;童装 v. 穿衣;穿着
虚拟存款 window-dressing deposits
Dressed timber净材
Dressing table 梳妆台
Charmeuse Dress 针丝女衫
Dress 女装
Dress Pants 长裤
Dress Shoes 服装鞋
Evening Dress 晚装
Girl Dress 女童装
Mens Dress Shoes 男式礼鞋
Prom Dress 舞会礼服
Silk Dress 丝绸女装
Wedding Dress 结婚礼服
Window dressing 门面粉饰
all dressed up 穿的很漂亮
Sunday dress 最好的衣服
dress 女服
formal dress 礼服
evening dress 夜礼服
dress coat, tails 燕尾服,礼服
full dress uniform 礼服制服
housecoat, dressing gown 晨衣 (美作:duster)
short dressing gown 短晨衣
French dressing 一种由橄榄油，醋、盐，香料等制成的生菜调味品
Russian dressing 加辣酱油的蛋黄酱（种色拉佐料）
She dressed herself hastily.
她匆忙穿上衣服。
The color of her dress suits her very well.
她衣服的颜色很适合她。
She threw envious glances at her sister's dress.
她以羡慕的眼光看了几下她姐姐的那套衣服。
I ripped my dress when I was getting out of the car. Do you have a needle and thread?
我下车时把衣服撕了，你有针线吗？
The coffee made a permanent mark on her dress.
她的衣服上留下了洗不掉的咖啡渍斑。
She bought the dress on impulse.
她一时冲动买了这件衣服。
Her dilemma was whether to go to the party in her old dress or stay at home.
她的难处是：要么穿着旧衣服去赴宴，要么待在家里。
I don’t like the color of that dress; it’s too harsh.
我不喜欢那件衣服的颜色 ，太刺眼了。
Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the window.
尽管她迟疑了片刻, 但最后还是进了店, 并且要求给她拿一件陈列在橱窗里的衣服看看。
No one in their entire acquaintance would wear such a dress.
在他们的熟人圈子里，没有人会穿这种衣服。
Women have to dress simply, to avoid being bothered by the locals.
妇女着装必须庄重一点, 以避免受到当地人的骚扰。
She was dressed in black from head to toe.
她全身上下都穿着黑衣服。
Can you refashion this dress into a skirt?
你能将这件连衣裙改成短裙子吗？
An elderly man dressed in faded overalls took the witness stand.
一位穿着褪了色的工作服的老人站到了证人席上。
Mary (was) dressed up for the party.
玛丽穿上漂亮的衣服去参加晚会。
It's a small informal party — you don't have to dress up.
这是小型的非正式聚会，你用不着刻意打扮。
You've just time to dress up before we leave for the theatre.
在我们去剧院前，你刚好有时间打扮一下。
We shall dress the room up for Christmas.
为迎接圣诞节，我们将把房间布置得漂亮一些。
You can dress these old chairs up in new covers.
你可以用新布套将这些旧椅子打扮一番。
What's the color of your new dress?
你的新衣服是什么颜色的？
I dress my sister and wash her hands and face.
我给我妹妹穿衣服，洗脸洗手。
You look elegant in that dress.
你穿这条裙子显的很漂亮。
I'll wear my blue dress.
我会穿我的兰色裙子。
She dressed herself hastily． 她匆忙穿上衣服。
The color of her dress suits her very well.她衣服的颜色很适合她。
The dress doesn't fit her. She is too thin.这件衣服不适合她，她太瘦了。
This new dress becomes you.
这件新衣服很合你身。
After her husband died, she dressed in deep black for the rest of her life.
她丈夫去世后，她终生都穿着黑色丧服。
The bride wore a beautiful white dress.
新娘穿了一身美丽的白色礼服。
I need a lot of cloth if I want to make a new dress.
假如我要做新衣服，需要很多布料。
As it was a hot day she wore a cool dress.
因为天气热，她穿了一件凉快的衣服。
She always dresses in black.
她总穿着黑衣服。
She wears a beautiful evening dress.
她穿着一件漂亮的晚礼服。
This dress doesn't fit me.
这件衣服不适合我。
He dressed in gray.
他穿灰色衣服。
She wears a dress with delicate lace.
她穿了一件带有精致花边的裙子。
She wears a modern dress.
她穿着一件时髦的礼服。
That girl likes to wear purple dresses.
那个女孩喜欢穿紫色的衣服。
The local dress shop is having a sale.
附近的时装店正在大拍卖。
What color is your dress?
你的衣服是什么颜色？
穿什么好呢?
What should I wear?
What should I wear? (穿什么好呢?)
The red one. (穿红的吧!)
Which dress should I wear?
Which one should I wear?
What should I put on?
快换衣服。
Hurry up and get dressed.
Hurry up and get dressed. (快换衣服。)
Why? (干嘛?)
你的连衣裙真漂亮。
I like your dress.
I like your dress. (你的连衣裙真漂亮。)
Oh, thank you. You like it? (噢，谢谢。你喜欢?)
That's a nice dress.
That dress looks good on you. (你这条连衣裙真合适。)
You look good in that dress. (你这条连衣裙真合适。)
多漂亮的裙子呀!
What a nice dress!
我喜欢这套衣服。
I like this dress.
I like this dress. (我喜欢这套衣服。)
So do I. (我也喜欢。)
I think this dress is nice.
I think this dress is pretty.
I'll hand wash the dress.
我要用手洗这件上装。
I need a new pair of dress shoes.
我需要一双新的皮鞋。
Your new dress has brilliant color!
你的新衣服颜色真鲜艳！
He left home dressed in a smart black suit.
他穿着一身漂亮的黑色套装出了家门。
A dress is like a barbed fence. It protects the premises without restricting the view.
服饰就象铁丝网，它阻止你冒然行动但并不妨碍你尽情的观看。
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
吃是使自己受用，穿是使别人受用。
Fine words dress ill deeds.
漂亮的言词可以掩饰恶劣的行为。
A small brown leather jacket.
一件小的棕色皮衣。
A medium red t-shirt.
一件中号红色体恤衫。
A blue cotton shirt.
一件蓝色棉体恤。
A red silk dressing-gown.
一件红色丝绸睡衣。
Being a well-dressed man is a career, and he who goes in for it has no time for anything else.
Heywood Broun, American columnist
做个穿着整齐的人是一种职业；追求穿着的人没有时间做别的事情。
美国报刊专栏作家布罗恩.H.
It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.
R.W.Emerson , American thinker
只有一个人的心灵和品格熟睡的时候，人们才会注意到他的服饰。
美国思想家爱默生.R.W
Aren't you dressed too formally?你穿的不是太正式化了吗？
Men don＇t feel the urge to get married as quickly as women do because their clothes all button and zip in the front. Women＇s dresses usually button and zip in the back. We need men to help us get dressed.
男人对婚姻的渴望不如女人那么强烈,这是因为男士服装的扣子和拉链都在前面,而女士服装的扣子和拉链通常在身后。我们需要男人帮我们拉上拉链,扣好扣子。
have a passion for钟爱
I have a passion for blue dresses.
我钟爱蓝色的衣服。
all dressed up 穿的很漂亮
Sunday dress 最好的衣服
“Honey, let me take you out to dinner. But you know I don’t feel like dressing up to go someplace fancy. How about just going down the street to the greasy spoon and getting hamburgers.”
“亲爱的,让我带你去外面吃晚饭吧。不过,我实在不想穿得必恭必敬的去那些大饭馆。咱们就上街那头那个小饭馆去吃汉堡包,怎么样?”
dress up 穿上盛装，精心打扮；装饰，修饰
打扮 tart; brushup; dink; dress up; fig; foppery; garb; make up; prank; primp; prink; t; attire
装扮 masquerade; disguise; dress up; impersonation; rig; attire
扮 [bàn] /to disguise oneself/to dress up/adorn/
拌种 [bàn zhǒng] /seed dressing/
便服 [biàn fú] /everyday clothes/informal dress/civilian clothes/
裁 [cái] /cut out (as a dress)/cut/trim/reduce/diminish/decision/judgment/
穿 [chuān] /to bore through/pierce/perforate/penetrate/pass through/to dress/to wear/to put on/to thread/
穿戴 [chuān dài] /to dress/clothing/
炊 [chuī] /dress food/to steam/to cook food/
靼 [dá] /(phonetic)/dressed leather/
打扮 [dǎ bàn] /dress up/
服 [fú] /clothes/dress/garment/submit/take (medicine)/
服饰 [fú shì] /dress and adornment/trappings/
服装 [fú zhuāng] /dress/clothing/costume/clothes/
更衣室 [gēng yī shì] /change room/dressing room/locker room/toilet/
滚边 [gǔn biān] /(of a dress, etc...) border, edging/
绲边 [gǔn biān] /(of a dress, etc...) border, edging/
披挂 [pī guà] /to put on a suit of armor/to put on dress/to wear/
旗袍 [qí páo] /Chinese-style dress/cheongsam/
调味汁 [tiáo wèi zhī] /dressing/sauce/
褶 [xí] /(arch.) court dress/
衣 [yì] /gown/to dress/to wear/
饔 [yōng] /dressed food/first meal of the day/
装 [zhuāng] /adornment/adorn/costume/dress/clothing/
装扮 [zhuāng bàn] /dress up as/be disguised as/
{adj: Hollywood} flashy and vulgar
"young white women dressed Hollywood style"
"Hollywood philandering"
{adj: adjusted} (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted
"for my wedding I had my mother's wedding dress altered to fit me"
{adj: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly} having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
"bugle beads all aglitter"
"glinting eyes"
"glinting water"
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"
"shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"
"glittery costume jewelry"
"scintillant mica"
"the scintillating stars"
"a dress with sparkly sequins"
"`glistering' is an archaic term"
{adj: appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed} dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
"the elegantly attired gentleman"
"neatly dressed workers"
"monks garbed in hooded robes"
"went about oddly garmented"
"professors robed in crimson"
"tuxedo-attired gentlemen"
"crimson-robed Harvard professors"
{adj: astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying} so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
"such an enormous response was astonishing"
"an astounding achievement"
"the amount of money required was staggering"
"suffered a staggering defeat"
"the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"
{adj: asymmetrical, crooked} irregular in shape or outline
"asymmetrical features"
"a dress with an crooked hemline"
{adj: batwing} formed or shaped like a bat's wing
"a dress with batwing sleeves"
{adj: belted} having or provided with a belt
"a belted dress"
<-> unbelted
{adj: black} dressed in black
"a black knight"
"black friars"
{adj: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, voluptuous, well-endowed} (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
"Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"
"a curvy young woman in a tight dress"
{adj: boughten, store-bought} purchased; not homemade
"my boughten clothes"
"a store-bought dress"
{adj: brave, braw, gay} brightly colored and showy
"girls decked out in brave new dresses"
"brave banners flying"
"`braw' is a Scottish word"
"a dress a bit too gay for her years"
"birds with gay plumage"
{adj: breeched, pantalooned, trousered} dressed in trousers
{adj: bright, brilliant, vivid} having striking color
"bright dress"
"brilliant tapestries"
"a bird with vivid plumage"
{adj: brushed, fleecy, napped} (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing
"a dress of brushed cotton"
"a fleecy lining"
"napped fabrics"
{adj: bundled-up} dressed warmly
"bundled-up sailors and soldiers"
{adj: calico} made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned
"calico dresses"
"a calico cat"
{adj: cassocked} dressed in a cassock
"cassocked monks"
{adj: changed} made or become different in nature or form
"changed attitudes"
"changed styles of dress"
"a greatly changed country after the war"
<-> unchanged
{adj: characterless, nondescript} lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
"women dressed in nondescript clothes"
"a nondescript novel"
{adj: chic, smart, voguish} elegant and stylish
"chic elegance"
"a smart new dress"
"a suit of voguish cut"
{adj: citified, cityfied, city-bred, city-born} being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person
{adj: coated} having or dressed in a coat
{adj: cool} fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
"he's a cool dude"
"that's cool"
"Mary's dress is really cool"
"it's not cool to arrive at a party too early"
{adj: cool} neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
"a cool autumn day"
"a cool room"
"cool summer dresses"
"cool drinks"
"a cool breeze"
<-> warm
{adj: costumed} dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class
{adj: cut out} having been cut out
"the cut-out pieces of the dress"
{adj: dandified, dandyish, foppish} affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner
{adj: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce} marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
"a dapper young man"
"a jaunty red hat"
{adj: decent} observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
"a modest neckline in her dress"
"though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards"
{adj: designed} planned or created in an artistic or skilled manner
"a beautifully designed dress"
"some Italian designed sandals have cushioning"
{adj: dighted} dressed or adorned (as for battle)
{adj: dress, full-dress} (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
"a dress dinner"
"a full-dress ceremony"
{adj: dressed, dressed-up, dressed to the nines, dressed to kill, dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up, togged up} dressed in fancy or formal clothing
{adj: dressed, polished} (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
{adj: dressed} treated with medications and protective covering
{adj: en deshabille, in dishabille} partly dressed in a loose or careless manner
{adj: excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable} beyond normal limits
"excessive charges"
"a book of inordinate length"
"his dress stops just short of undue elegance"
"unreasonable demands"
{adj: fashioned} planned and made or fashioned artistically
"beautifully fashioned dresses"
{adj: figured} (of e.g. fabric design) adorned with patterns
"my dress is richly figured"- Amy Lowell
{adj: flimsy, light} very thin and insubstantial
"thin paper"
"flimsy voile"
"light summer dresses"
{adj: formal} being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
"pay one's formal respects"
"formal dress"
"a formal ball"
"the requirement was only formal and often ignored"
"a formal education"
<-> informal
{adj: frowsy, frowzy, slovenly} negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
"filled the door with her frowzy bulk"
"frowzy white hair"
"slovenly appearance"
{adj: full-dress, dress} suitable for formal occasions
"formal wear"
"a full-dress uniform"
"dress shoes"
{adj: full-dress} complete in every respect
"a full-dress debate"
"a full-dress investigation"
{adj: girlish, schoolgirlish} befitting or characteristic of a young girl
"girlish charm"
"a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear"
{adj: glossy, calendered} (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers
"calendered paper"
"a dress of glossy sateen"
{adj: good} having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
"good news from the hospital"
"a good report card"
"when she was good she was very very good"
"a good knife is one good for cutting"
"this stump will make a good picnic table"
"a good check"
"a good joke"
"a good exterior paint"
"a good secretary"
"a good dress for the office"
<-> bad
{adj: habited} dressed in a habit
"the habited men of the monastery"
{adj: handmade, hand-crafted} made by hand or a hand process
"delicate handmade baby dresses"
<-> machine-made
{adj: ill-dressed} not well dressed
{adj: individualist, individualistic} marked by or expressing individuality
"an individualistic way of dressing"
{adj: informal} not formal
"conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"
"an informal free-and-easy manner"
"an informal gathering of friends"
<-> formal
{adj: juicy, luscious, red-hot, toothsome, voluptuous} having strong sexual appeal
"juicy barmaids"
"a red-hot mama"
"a voluptuous woman"
"a toothsome blonde in a tight dress"
{adj: long-ago} belonging to time long gone
"those long-ago dresses that swished along the floor"
{adj: low-cut} having a low-cut back
"a backless dress"
{adj: midi} used of women's clothing having a hemline at mid-calf
"midiskirts"
"wore her dresses midi length"
<-> maxi, mini
{adj: mini} used of women's clothing; very short with hemline above the knee
"a mini dress"
"miniskirts"
<-> midi, maxi
{adj: motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured} having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
"a jester dressed in motley"
"the painted desert"
"a particolored dress"
"a piebald horse"
"pied daisies"
{adj: near} closely resembling the genuine article
"near beer"
"a dress of near satin"
{adj: neat} clean or orderly
"her neat dress"
"a neat room"
{adj: nice} pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
"what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty"- George Meredith
"nice manners"
"a nice dress"
"a nice face"
"a nice day"
"had a nice time at the party"
"the corn and tomatoes are nice today"
<-> nasty
{adj: off-the-shoulder} not covering the shoulders (especially in the case of a blouse or dress)
{adj: open-collared} of a shirt; not buttoned at the neck
"dressed casually in shorts and an open-collared shirt"
{adj: outfitted} equipped with appropriate wearing apparel and accessories
"children properly outfitted for school"
"equipt in the...national dress of the Scottish people"- Sir Walter Scott
{adj: overdressed} dressed too elaborately
{adj: polished} perfected or made shiny and smooth
"his polished prose"
"in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"
"freshly polished silver"
<-> unpolished
{adj: ragged} being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
"clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"
"a ragged tramp"
{adj: revealing} showing or making known
"her dress was scanty and revealing"
<-> concealing
{adj: same} same in identity
"the same man I saw yesterday"
"never wore the same dress twice"
"this road is the same one we were on yesterday"
"on the same side of the street"
<-> other
{adj: shimmery} glistening tremulously
"the shimmery surface of the lake"
"a dress of shimmery satin"
{adj: shrunk, shrunken} reduced in size by being drawn together
"the shrunken dress was entirely too tight to wear"
{adj: simple} unornamented
"a simple country schoolhouse"
"her black dress--simple to austerity"
{adj: sleeveless} having no sleeves
"sleeveless summer dresses"
<-> sleeved
{adj: styleless, unstylish} lacking in style or elegance
"a styleless way of dressing"
"expensive but styleless country tweeds"
"wearing unstylish clothes"
<-> stylish
{adj: stylish, fashionable} having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
"a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"
"the stylish resort of Gstadd"
<-> styleless
{adj: summery} belonging to or characteristic of or occurring in summer
"summery weather"
"summery dresses"
<-> autumnal, wintry, vernal
{adj: togged} dressed especially in smart clothes
{adj: turned out} dressed well or smartly
"the girls were well turned out and smart"
{adj: tuxedoed} dressed in a tuxedo
"a tuxedoed gentleman"
{adj: unconventional} not conforming to accepted rules or standards
"her unconventional dress and hair style"
<-> conventional
{adj: undressed} of lumber or stone or hides; not finished or dressed
"undressed granite"
"undressed hides"
{adj: unfastidious} marked by an absence of due or proper care or attention to detail; not concerned with cleanliness
"unfastidious in her dress"
<-> fastidious
{adj: unflattering, uncomplimentary} showing or representing unfavorably
"an unflattering portrait"
"an uncomplimentary dress"
<-> flattering
{adj: uniformed} dressed in a uniform
"uniformed policemen lined the President's route"
{adj: vestmented} dressed in ceremonial garments especially clerical vestment
{adj: violent, wild} (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
"a violent clash of colors"
"her dress was a violent red"
"a violent noise"
"wild colors"
"wild shouts"
{adj: virginal} characteristic of a virgin or virginity
"virginal white dresses"
{adj: well-groomed, well-dressed} having tasteful clothing and being scrupulously neat
{adj: white} being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light
"as white as fresh snow"
"a bride's white dress"
<-> black
{adv: appropriately, suitably, fittingly, befittingly, fitly} in an appropriate manner
"he was appropriately dressed"
<-> inappropriately, unsuitably
{adv: becomingly} in a becoming manner
"she was becomingly dressed"
{adv: by hand} without the use of a machine
"this dress is sewn by hand"
<-> by machine
{adv: cheaply, tattily, inexpensively} in a cheap manner
"a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar"
<-> expensively
{adv: cunningly, cutely} in an attractive manner
"how cunningly the olive-green dress with its underskirt of rose-brocade fitted her perfect figure"
{adv: decently} in a decent manner
"they don't know how to dress decently"
<-> indecently
{adv: dirtily, filthily} in a filthy unclean manner
"a dirtily dressed camel driver"
{adv: dowdily, frumpily, frumpishly} in a dowdy unfashionable manner
"she dresses dowdily"
{adv: drably} in a drab manner
"she dresses drably"
{adv: dreamily, moonily, dreamfully} in a dreamy manner
"`She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily"
{adv: expensively} in an expensive manner
"an expensively dressed little man turned a corner and approached her"
<-> cheaply
{adv: falsely} in an insincerely false manner
"a seduction on my part would land us with the necessity to rise, bathe and dress, chat falsely about this and that, and emerge into the rest of the evening as though nothing had happened"
{adv: fashionably} in a fashionable manner
"his voice had no trace of the drawl that you would expect to find in a fashionably dressed young man"
<-> unfashionably
{adv: flamboyantly, showily, flashily} in a fancy colorful manner
"he dresses rather flamboyantly"
{adv: formally} in a formal manner
"he was dressed rather formally"
<-> informally
{adv: formlessly} in a formless manner
"the dress hung formlessly on her body"
{adv: gorgeously, splendidly, resplendently, magnificently} in an impressively beautiful manner
"the Princess was gorgeously dressed"
{adv: immaculately} in an immaculate manner
"gone was the casually dressed Canadian she had thought a backwoodsman--this man was immaculately tailored"
{adv: inappropriately, unsuitably, not suitably} in an inappropriate manner
"he was inappropriately dressed"
<-> appropriately, suitably
{adv: inconsequentially, inconsequently} lacking consequence
"`You're so beautifully dressed,' she said and added quite inconsequentially, `Can you stay the night?'"
<-> consequentially
{adv: indecently} in an indecent manner
"she was rather indecently dressed"
<-> decently
{adv: ineffably, indescribably, unutterably, unspeakably} to an inexpressible degree
"she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton"
{adv: outlandishly} in an outlandish manner
"the Bavarian was outlandishly dressed in lederhosen"
{adv: plainly, simply} in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment
"she was dressed plainly"
"they lived very simply"
{adv: shabbily} so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated
"a shabbily dressed man"
{adv: shapelessly} in a shapeless manner
"the dress hung shapelessly on her thin body"
{adv: skimpily} in a skimpy manner
"a skimpily dressed woman"
{adv: slouchily} in a slouchy manner
"slouchily dressed"
{adv: smartly, modishly, sprucely} in a stylish manner
"He was smartly dressed"
{adv: stylishly} in a stylish manner
"she was dressed very stylishly"
{adv: theatrically} in a theatrical manner
"theatrically dressed"
{adv: to advantage} in a flattering way
"the dress brought out her figure to advantage"
{adv: unattractively} in an unattractive manner
"she was unattractively dressed last night"
<-> attractively
{adv: unfashionably} in an unfashionable manner
"she seemed to make a point of being unfashionably dressed"
<-> fashionably
{adv: unpretentiously} in an unpretentious manner
"she was unpretentiously dressed even though she was the guest of honor"
<-> pretentiously
{adv: warmly, warm} in a warm manner
"warmly dressed"
"warm-clad skiers"
{adv: weirdly} in a weird manner
"she was dressed weirdly"
{adv: wistfully} in a wistful manner
"his sister would have looked beautiful in that dress, he thought wistfully, just like an angel"
{adv: worst} to the highest degree of inferiority or badness
"She suffered worst of all"
"schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts"
"the worst dressed person present"
{n: Caesar salad} typically having fried croutons and dressing made with a raw egg
{n: Canton crepe} a soft thick crinkled dress crepe; heavier than crepe de Chine
{n: Fauntleroy, Little Lord Fauntleroy} an excessively polite and well-dressed boy
{n: French dressing for fruit salad} made with lemon or grapefruit juice instead of vinegar
{n: French dressing, vinaigrette, sauce vinaigrette} oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic
{n: Glengarry} a Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress
{n: Highlands, Highlands of Scotland} a mountainous region of northern Scotland famous for its rugged beauty; known for the style of dress (the kilt and tartan) and the clan system (now in disuse)
{n: Italian dressing} a vinaigrette with garlic and herbs: oregano and basil and dill
{n: Lorenzo dressing} vinaigrette with chili sauce and chopped watercress
{n: Mennonitism} system of beliefs and practices including belief in scriptural authority; plain dress; adult baptism; foot washing; restriction of marriage to members of the group
{n: Mother Hubbard, muumuu} a woman's loose unbelted dress
{n: Pierrot} a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
{n: Russian dressing, Russian mayonnaise} mayonnaise with horseradish grated onion and chili sauce or catsup; sometimes with caviar added
{n: Thousand Island dressing} mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hard-cooked egg
{n: Waldorf salad} typically made of apples and celery with nuts or raisins and dressed with mayonnaise
{n: achiever, winner, success, succeeder} a person with a record of successes
"his son would never be the achiever that his father was"
"only winners need apply"
"if you want to be a success you have to dress like a success"
<-> loser
{n: adhesive bandage} bandage consisting of a medical dressing of plain absorbent gauze held in place by a plastic or fabric tape coated with adhesive
{n: anchovy dressing} vinaigrette and mashed anchovies
{n: ao dai} the traditional dress of Vietnamese women consisting of a tunic with long sleeves and panels front and back; the tunic is worn over trousers
{n: apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothes} clothing in general
"she was refined in her choice of apparel"
"he always bought his clothes at the same store"
"fastidious about his dress"
{n: attire, garb, dress} clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
"formal attire"
"battle dress"
{n: balldress} a suit or dress for formal occasions
{n: balsam of Peru} dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases
{n: bathhouse, bathing machine} a building containing dressing rooms for bathers
{n: batiste} a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses
{n: battle dress} a military uniform designed for field service
{n: beat generation, beats, beatniks} a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)
{n: beatnik, beat} a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior
{n: bleu cheese dressing, blue cheese dressing} creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese
{n: blue cheese dressing, Roquefort dressing} vinaigrette containing crumbled Roquefort or blue cheese
{n: bluecoat} a person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor)
{n: bodice} part of a dress above the waist
{n: bombazine} a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted
"black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments"
{n: boutique, dress shop} a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry
{n: breast of lamb, poitrine d'agneau} a cut of lamb including the breastbone and attached muscles dressed as meat
{n: bridal gown, wedding gown, wedding dress} a gown worn by the bride at a wedding
{n: bustier} a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress
{n: butcher, slaughterer} a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
{n: cabana} a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool
{n: caftan, kaftan} a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East
{n: carcase, carcass} the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food
{n: castigation, earful, bawling out, chewing out, upbraiding, going-over, dressing down} a severe scolding
{n: chemise, sack, shift} a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
{n: chichi} someone who dresses in a trendy fashionable way
{n: circle, dress circle} a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra
"they had excellent seats in the dress circle"
{n: civilian clothing, civilian dress, civilian garb, plain clothes} ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.
{n: clash} a state of conflict between colors
"her dress was a disturbing clash of colors"
{n: class} elegance in dress or behavior
"she has a lot of class"
{n: clip} an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
{n: coat hanger, clothes hanger, dress hanger} a hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders and used to hang garments on
{n: coatdress} a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front
{n: cocktail dress, sheath} a dress suitable for formal occasions
{n: compress} a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)
{n: copy} a secondary representation of an original
"she made a copy of the designer dress"
{n: costume} the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
"he won the prize for best costume"
{n: costume} the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
{n: court plaster} a plaster composed of isinglass on silk; formerly used to dress superficial wounds
{n: crab Louis} lettuce and crabmeat dressed with sauce Louis
{n: cummerbund} a broad pleated sash worn as formal dress with a tuxedo
{n: cut} the style in which a garment is cut
"a dress of traditional cut"
{n: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse} a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
{n: decolletage} a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress
{n: denier} a unit of measurement for the fineness of silk or nylon or rayon
"with an evening dress one wears 10 denier stockings"
{n: dinner dress, dinner gown, formal, evening gown} a gown for evening wear
{n: dinner jacket, tux, tuxedo, black tie} semiformal evening dress for men
{n: dirndl} a dress with a tight bodice and full skirt
{n: dishabille, deshabille} the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
{n: diving suit, diving dress} a weighted and hermetically sealed garment supplied with air; worn by underwater divers
{n: drag} clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
"he went to the party dressed in drag"
"the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag"
{n: dress blues, dress whites} a dress uniform for formal occasions
{n: dress code} a set of rules specifying the correct manner of dress while on the premises of the institution (or specifying what manner of dress is prohibited)
{n: dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver} a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
{n: dress rack} a rack used primarily to display dresses for sale in a store
{n: dress rehearsal} a full uninterrupted rehearsal in costumes shortly before the first performance
{n: dress shirt, evening shirt} a man's white shirt (with a starch front) for evening wear (usually with a tuxedo)
{n: dress suit, full dress, tailcoat, tail coat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails} formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
{n: dress uniform} a military uniform worn on formal occasions
{n: dress, frock} a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
{n: dressed ore, concentrate} the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
{n: dresser} a person who dresses in a particular way
"she's an elegant dresser"
"he's a meticulous dresser"
{n: dressing case} a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling
{n: dressing gown, robe-de-chambre, lounging robe} a robe worn before dressing or while lounging
{n: dressing room} a room in which you can change clothes
{n: dressing sack, dressing sacque} a woman's loose jacket; worn while dressing
{n: dressing station, aid station} (military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded
{n: dressing table, dresser, vanity, toilet table} low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
{n: dressing, bandaging, binding} the act of applying a bandage
{n: dressing, grooming} the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
{n: dressing, medical dressing} a cloth covering for a wound or sore
{n: dressing, salad dressing} savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
{n: dressing} processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
{n: dressmaker's model} someone who models dresses
{n: dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress} someone who makes or mends dresses
{n: dressmaking} the craft of making dresses
{n: drove, drove chisel} a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
{n: fabric, cloth, material, textile} artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
"the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"
"woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"
"she measured off enough material for a dress"
{n: facade, window dressing} a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
{n: fancy dress, masquerade, masquerade costume} a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
{n: fashion plate} a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress
{n: fastidiousness} the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style
"neatness and fastidiousness of dress"
{n: fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressing} making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
{n: flapper} a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress
{n: foppishness, dandyism} the manner and dress of a fop or dandy
{n: formalwear, eveningwear, evening dress, evening clothes} attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening
{n: full-dress uniform} the naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions
{n: fur, pelt} the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
{n: fur} a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
{n: georgette} a thin silk dress material
{n: gown} a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
{n: grey, gray} clothing that is a grey color
"he was dressed in grey"
{n: guimpe} a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress
{n: half-and-half dressing} half mayonnaise and half vinaigrette seasoned with minced garlic and mashed anchovies and grated Parmesan cheese; especially good for combination salads
{n: hemming-stitch} a stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses
{n: hide, fell} the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
{n: hijab} the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home
"she observes the hijab and does not wear tight clothing"
{n: hudson seal} muskrat fur dressed to simulate sealskin
{n: hussar} a member of a European light cavalry unit; renowned for elegant dress
{n: iodoform, triiodomethane} a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing
{n: jumper, pinafore, pinny} a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing
{n: kilt} a knee-length pleated tartan skirt worn by men as part of the traditional dress in the Highlands of northern Scotland
{n: kirtle} a long dress worn by women
{n: lame} a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
"she wore a gold lame dress"
{n: lint} cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used to dress wounds
{n: looking glass, glass} a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
{n: lumbermill, sawmill} a mill for dressing logs and lumber
{n: marching order} equipage for marching
"the company was dressed in full marching order"
{n: marocain, crepe marocain} a dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe
{n: masked ball, masquerade ball, fancy-dress ball} a ball at which guests wear costumes and masks
{n: mineral extraction, mineral processing, mineral dressing, ore processing, ore dressing, beneficiation} crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques
{n: mods} a youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s; a working-class movement with highly stylized dress and short hair; listened to rhythm and blues music and travelled on motor scooters
{n: morning dress} a woman's informal dress for housework
{n: morning dress} formal attire for men during the daytime
{n: mufti} civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform
{n: neat's-foot oil} a pale yellow oil made from the feet and legs of cattle; used as a dressing for leather
{n: negligee, neglige, peignoir, wrapper, housecoat} a loose dressing gown for women
{n: nightgown, gown, nightie, night-robe, nightdress} lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
{n: oyster stuffing, oyster dressing} stuffing made with oysters
{n: pachuco} a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes
{n: parson's nose, pope's nose} the tail of a dressed fowl
{n: peasanthood} the state of being a peasant
"the same homely dress she wore in the days of her peasanthood"
{n: peplum} a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse
{n: plaster, adhesive plaster, sticking plaster} adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
{n: plastron} the front of man's dress shirt
{n: polonaise} a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt
{n: poultice, cataplasm, plaster} a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
{n: punks} a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)
{n: radical chic} an affectation of radical left-wing views and the fashionable dress and lifestyle that goes with them
{n: salad cream} a creamy salad dressing resembling mayonnaise
{n: salad} food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
{n: salmagundi} cooked meats and eggs and vegetables usually arranged in rows around the plate and dressed with a salad dressing
{n: salmon oil} a fatty oil obtained from the wastes in canning salmon; used in making soap and dressing leather
{n: sari, saree} a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body
{n: sauce} flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
{n: seal oil} a pale yellow to red-brown fatty oil obtained from seal blubber; used in making soap and dressing leather and as a lubricant
{n: shark oil, shark-liver oil} a fatty yellow to brown oil obtained from the livers of sharks; used for dressing leather and as a source of vitamin A
{n: shirtdress} a dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all the way down the front
{n: shortening} act of decreasing in length
"the dress needs shortening"
{n: side of beef} dressed half of a beef carcass
{n: side of pork} dressed half of a hog carcass
{n: side, side of meat} a lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food
{n: slack suit} casual dress consisting of slacks and matching jacket
{n: slumber party} an overnight party of girls who dress in nightclothes and pass the night talking
{n: sort} an approximate definition or example
"she wore a sort of magenta dress"
"she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
{n: spiff} attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner
"he gets by largely on pure spiff"
{n: spiv} a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time
{n: spoil, spoiling, spoilage} the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
"her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
{n: sporran} a fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanders
{n: stuffing, dressing} a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
{n: suit} a businessman dressed in a business suit
"all the suits care about is the bottom line"
{n: sundress} a light loose sleeveless summer dress with a wide neckline and thin shoulder straps that expose the arms and shoulders
{n: surgical dressing} a loosely woven cotton dressing for incisions made during surgery
{n: swallow-tailed coat, swallowtail, morning coat} a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
{n: teddy boys} a British youth subculture that first appeared in the 1950s; mainly from unskilled backgrounds, they adopted a pseudo-Edwardian dress code and rock'n'roll music; proletarian and xenophobic, they were involved in race riots in the United Kingdom
{n: toff, nob} an elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners)
{n: toilet, toilette} the act of dressing and preparing yourself
"he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast"
{n: top dressing} a layer of fertilizer or manure not plowed in
{n: tossed salad} salad tossed with a dressing
{n: transvestism, transvestitism, cross dressing} the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex
{n: transvestite, cross-dresser} someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
{n: trinketry} trinkets and other ornaments of dress collectively
{n: tucker} a detachable yoke of linen or lace worn over the breast of a low-cut dress
{n: weeds, widow's weeds} a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning
{n: white tie} bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress
{n: window dressing} the decoration of shop windows
{n: wraparound} a garment (as a dress or coat) with a full length opening; adjusts to the body by wrapping around
{v: alter} make an alteration to
"This dress needs to be altered"
{v: bandage} dress by covering or binding
"The nurse bandaged a sprained ankle"
"bandage an incision"
{v: bedizen, dizen} dress up garishly and tastelessly
{v: bejewel, jewel} adorn or decorate with precious stones
"jeweled dresses"
{v: bonnet} dress in a bonnet
{v: bring out, get out} take out of a container or enclosed space
"Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!"
{v: bring out, set off} direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
"This dress accentuates your nice figure!"
"I set off these words by brackets"
{v: bundle up} dress warmly
"Mother bundled up the children for the long way to school"
{v: burn} burn with heat, fire, or radiation
"The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
{v: button} fasten with buttons
"button the dress"
<-> unbutton
{v: call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast} censure severely or angrily
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"
"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
"The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
{v: caparison, bard, dress up} put a caparison on
"caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
{v: catch} cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
"I caught the hem of my dress in the brambles"
{v: cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere} come or be in close contact with ; stick or hold together and resist separation
"The dress clings to her body"
"The label stuck to the box"
"The sushi rice grains cohere"
{v: corset} dress with a corset
{v: costume, dress up} dress in a costume
"We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
{v: cross-dress} dress in the clothes of the other sex
{v: cut, tailor} style and tailor in a certain fashion
"cut a dress"
{v: dandify} dress like a dandy
{v: dare} to be courageous enough to try or do something
"I don't dare call him", "she dares to dress differently from the others"
{v: doll up, do up, pretty up, glam up} use special care in dressing, making-up, etc.
"She dolled herself up for the night out with her friends"
{v: drape} cover or dress loosely with cloth
"drape the statue with a sheet"
{v: dress down, underdress} put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression
<-> dress up
{v: dress ship} decorate a ship with flags
{v: dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out, overdress} put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
"She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"
"The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
<-> dress down
{v: dress up, window-dress} make something appear superficially attractive
"The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"
"Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"
{v: dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure} arrange attractively
"dress my hair for the wedding"
{v: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel} provide with clothes or put clothes on
"Parents must feed and dress their child"
<-> undress
{v: dress, decorate} provide with decoration
"dress the windows"
{v: dress, dress out} kill and prepare for market or consumption
"dress a turkey"
{v: dress, dress up} dress in a certain manner
"She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"
"he dressed up in a suit and tie"
{v: dress, get dressed} put on clothes
"we had to dress quickly"
"dress the patient"
"Can the child dress by herself?"
<-> undress
{v: dress, groom, curry} give a neat appearance to
"groom the dogs"
"dress the horses"
{v: dress, line up} arrange in ranks
"dress troops"
{v: dress} apply a bandage or medication to
"dress the victim's wounds"
{v: dress} convert into leather
"dress the tanned skins"
{v: dress} cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
{v: dress} put a dressing on
"dress the salads"
{v: dress} put a finish on
"dress the surface smooth"
{v: dung} fertilize or dress with dung
"you must dung the land"
{v: fasten} become fixed or fastened
"This dress fastens in the back"
<-> unfasten
{v: fit} make fit
"fit a dress"
"He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"
{v: fringe} decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe
"fur fringed the hem of the dress"
{v: gauffer, goffer} make wavy with a heated goffering iron
"goffer the trim of the dress"
{v: gown} dress in a gown
{v: hang, fall, flow} fall or flow in a certain way
"This dress hangs well"
"Her long black hair flowed down her back"
{v: hug} fit closely or tightly
"She dress hugged her hipds"
{v: leave, result, lead} result in
"The water left a mark on the silk dress"
"Her blood left a stain on the napkin"
{v: let out, widen} make (clothes) larger
"Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"
<-> take in
{v: make} make by shaping or bringing together constituents
"make a dress"
"make a cake"
"make a wall of stones"
{v: mold} fit tightly, follow the contours of
"The dress molds her beautiful figure"
{v: order, tell, enjoin, say} give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
"I said to him to go home"
"She ordered him to do the shopping"
"The mother told the child to get dressed"
{v: overdress, overclothe} dress excessively
"You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot"
{v: poultice, plaster} dress by covering with a therapeutic substance
{v: prank} dress or decorate showily or gaudily
"Roses were pranking the lawn"
{v: prank} dress up showily
"He pranked himself out in his best clothes"
{v: preen, primp, plume, dress} dress or groom with elaborate care
"She likes to dress when going to the opera"
{v: prim, prim up, prim out} dress primly
{v: prink} dress very carefully and in a finicky manner
{v: regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern} bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage ; impose regulations
"We cannot regulate the way people dress"
"This town likes to regulate"
<-> deregulate
{v: romanticize, romanticise} make romantic in style
"The designer romanticized the little black dress"
{v: sauce} dress (food) with a relish
{v: scallop, scollop} shape or cut in scallops
"scallop the hem of the dress"
{v: scallop} decorate an edge with scallops
"the dress had a scalloped skirt"
{v: seam} put together with a seam
"seam a dress"
{v: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back} cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"dress the plants in the garden"
{v: spot} become spotted
"This dress spots quickly"
{v: spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up} dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
"He spruced up for the party"
{v: stay, remain, rest} stay the same ; remain in a certain state
"The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"
"rest assured"
"stay alone"
"He remained unmoved by her tears"
"The bad weather continued for another week"
<-> change
{v: style} make consistent with a certain fashion or style
"Style my hair"
"style the dress"
{v: tart up} dress up in a cheap and provocative way
{v: tend, be given, lean, incline, run} have a tendency or disposition to do or be something ; be inclined
"She tends to be nervous before her lectures"
"These dresses run small"
"He inclined to corpulence"
{v: trim, garnish, dress} decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
{v: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel} get undressed
"please don't undress in front of everybody!"
"She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
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{v: wear, have on} be dressed in
"She was wearing yellow that day"
{v: wear, hold out, endure} last and be usable
"This dress wore well for almost ten years"
{v: wear, put on, get into, don, assume} put clothing on one's body
"What should I wear today?"
"He put on his best suit for the wedding"
"The princess donned a long blue dress"
"The queen assumed the stately robes"
"He got into his jeans"
{v: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp} make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface
"The dress got wrinkled"
Dr. Brock was dressed in a bright red jacket, looking vaguely Bohemian, as authors are supposed to look,
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