Definition of dress

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)

  Synonym: attire, garb
  

  Example:
  Battle dress.
  

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• clothing in general (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: apparel, clothes, wearing apparel
  

  Example:
  Fastidious about his dress.
  

  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)

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

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

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• provide with clothes or put clothes on (verb.body)

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

  Example:
  Parents must feed and dress their child.
  

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• put a finish on (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Dress the surface smooth.
  

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• dress in a certain manner (verb.body)

  Synonym: dress up
  

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

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• dress or groom with elaborate care (verb.body)

  Synonym: plume, preen, primp
  

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

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• kill and prepare for market or consumption (verb.change)

  Synonym: dress out
  

  Example:
  Dress a turkey.
  

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• arrange in ranks (verb.motion)

  Synonym: line up
  

  Example:
  Dress troops.
  

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• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods (verb.creation)

  Synonym: garnish, trim
  

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• provide with decoration (verb.contact)

  Synonym: decorate
  

  Example:
  Dress the windows.
  

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• put a dressing on (verb.contact)

  Example:
  Dress the salads.
  

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

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

  Example:
  Dress the plants in the garden.
  

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• 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)

  Synonym: curry, groom
  

  Example:
  Dress the horses.
  

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• arrange attractively (verb.body)

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

  Example:
  Dress my hair for the wedding.
  

  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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