dress
/dɹɛs/ verb A2- 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.
- To attire (oneself or someone) for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
- To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone). · The fashion designer was proud to have dressed the queen for the charity event.
- To arrange or style (someone's hair).
- To adorn or ornament (something).
- To arrange a display of goods in, or to decorate (a shop or shop window).
- To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.
- To apply a dressing to or otherwise treat (a wound); (obsolete) to give (a wounded person) medical aid.
Plural dress · He/she/it dresses · Past dressed · Past participle dressed · -ing form dressing
Verb forms
- Base form
- dress
- He/she/it
- dresses
- Past
- dressed
- Past participle
- dressed
- -ing form
- dressing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Her dresses make a curious sound;
Are getting up and being dressed.
By the cold candle, bathe and dress.
It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, “Oh!
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