Dress
[dres] or [drɛs]
Definition
(noun.) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice.
(verb.) arrange attractively; 'dress my hair for the wedding'.
(verb.) dress in a certain manner; 'She dresses in the latest Paris fashion'; 'he dressed up in a suit and tie'.
(verb.) give a neat appearance to; 'groom the dogs'; 'dress the horses'.
(verb.) put on clothes; 'we had to dress quickly'; 'dress the patient'; 'Can the child dress by herself?'.
(verb.) provide with clothes or put clothes on; 'Parents must feed and dress their child'.
(verb.) apply a bandage or medication to; 'dress the victim's wounds'.
(verb.) convert into leather; 'dress the tanned skins'.
(verb.) kill and prepare for market or consumption; 'dress a turkey'.
(verb.) put a finish on; 'dress the surface smooth'.
(verb.) put a dressing on; 'dress the salads'.
(verb.) provide with decoration; 'dress the windows'.
(verb.) arrange in ranks; 'dress troops'.
(verb.) cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width.
(adj.) (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; 'a dress dinner'; 'a full-dress ceremony' .
Inputed by Frances--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
(v. t.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks.
(v. t.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part.
(v. t.) To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them.
(v. t.) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.
(v. t.) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck.
(v. t.) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.
(v. i.) 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!
(v. i.) To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly.
(n.) That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel.
(n.) A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress.
(n.) Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it.
(n.) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
Checker: Millicent
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Align, make straight.[2]. Adjust, arrange, dispose, set or put in order.[3]. Prepare, fit, make suitable or fit, get ready, make ready.[4]. Clothe, array, attire, apparel, accoutre, robe, rig, trick out.[5]. Adorn, deck, decorate, embellish, trim, set out, set off.
v. n. Be clothed, make one's toilet.
n. [1]. Clothes, clothing, raiment, garments, garb, habit, apparel, attire, habiliment, vesture, suit, costume.[2]. Array, fine clothes, rich garments, elegant attire.[3]. Lady's gown.
Editor: Nicolas
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Garniture, preparation, arrangement, clothing, habiliments, accoutrements,vestments, uniform, raiment, apparel, attire, clothes, array, garments, livery,costume, garb, investiture
ANT:Nudity, disorder, disarrangement, undress, deshabille
Checked by Ernest
Definition
v.t. to put straight or in order as troops: to put clothes upon: to prepare: to cook: to trim: to deck: to cleanse a sore: to manure.—v.i. to come into line: to put on clothes:—pa.t. and pa.p. dressed or drest.—n. the covering or ornament of the body: a lady's gown: style of dress.—ns. Dress′-cir′cle part of a theatre (usually the first gallery) set apart for people in evening dress; Dress′-coat a fine black coat with narrow or cut-away skirts worn when in full dress; Dress′er one who dresses: a medical student who dresses wounds: a table on which meat is dressed or prepared for use: a kind of kitchen sideboard with rows of shelves for plates dishes &c.—n.pl. Dress′-goods cloths for making women's and children's gowns frocks &c.—ns. Dress′ing dress or clothes: manure given to land: matter used to give stiffness and gloss to cloth: the sauce &c. used in preparing a dish for the table stuffing &c.: the bandage &c. applied to a sore: an ornamental moulding: a thrashing; Dress′ing-case a case of toilet requisites used in dressing one's self: Dress′ing-gown a loose garment used in dressing or in deshabille; Dress′ing-jack′et Dress′ing-sack a jacket worn by women in dressing: Dress′ing-room; Dress′ing-tā′ble; Dress′maker a person who makes gowns or dresses for women.—adj. Dress′y fond of dress.—Evening dress Full dress the costume prescribed by fashion for evening receptions dinners balls &c.
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Examples
- I started much more naturally then, to find myself confronted by a man in a sober gray dress. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- How can you wait in this dress in the middle of the streets? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I wish all the young men would dress as you do, said I to his lordship. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Is our dress a pit-dress or a gallery-dress ma'am? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I can do dress-making very well; and I understand fine washing and ironing; and between us we can find something to live on. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Affery, who had watched her in terror, darted to her in the middle of the room, caught hold of her dress, and went on her knees to her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Soon after my arrival in the hovel, I discovered some papers in the pocket of the dress which I had taken from your laboratory. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He was always well dressed, very neat and plain, but his eyes were weak, just as mine are, and he wore tinted glasses against the glare. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She was dressed in blue, with woollen yellow stockings, like the Bluecoat boys. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Under existing circumstances, however, she is dressed in a plain, spare gown of brown stuff. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- How was she dressed? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It was early in April in the year '83 that I woke one morning to find Sherlock Holmes standing, fully dressed, by the side of my bed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Why should a man scrape himself to that extent, before he could consider himself full dressed? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Just let him be sent to the calaboose a few times, and thoroughly dressed down! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The ovens and some deep holes had been equipped as dressing stations. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It left him, however, vaguely uneasy, and Mrs. Straker, waking at one in the morning, found that he was dressing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- As to dressing, I make this vow: I'll never dress more finely than as you see me at present. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He led them into a stone kitchen, fitted with coppers for dressing the prison food, and pointed to a door. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He put the tray with the breakfast and the letter on the dressing-table, before which Becky sat combing her yellow hair. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I found two letters on my dressing-table; the first I took up was in my young nephew's well-known round text. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He had thrown off the seedy frockcoat, and now he was the Holmes of old in the mouse-coloured dressing-gown which he took from his effigy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Similarly, it might be said that the dress was the Queen of Dresses. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Practically all people know that ribbons and ties, trimmings and dresses, frequently look different at night from what they do in the daytime. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I was struck, on entering the drawing-room, by the curious contrast, rather in material than in colour, of the dresses which they now wore. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I never in my life saw anything more elegant than their dresses. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Their female costume became astonishingly modern in style; their women wore corsets and flounced dresses. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Is your last box of Doucet dresses a failure, or did Judy rook you out of everything at bridge last night? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They wear it in their hair, and on their ball-dresses, and even (so she tells me) are presented at Court with it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Val