dress
noun
- 1
An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes skirts below the waist.
“Amy and Mary looked very pretty in their dresses.”
- 2
Apparel, clothing.
“He came to the party in formal dress.”
- 3
The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
- 4
A dress rehearsal.
verb
- 1
To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
“He was dressed in the latest fashions.”
- 2
To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
“I rose and dressed before daybreak. It's very cold out. Dress warm.”
- 3
To put on the uniform and equipment necessary to play the game.
“Due to a left ankle sprain, Kobe Bryant did not dress for the game against Indiana”
- 4
Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other within the trousers.
“Does sir dress to the right or the left?”
- 5
To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
- 6
To prepare oneself; to make ready.
- 7
To adorn, ornament.
“It was time to dress the windows for Christmas again.”
- 8
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.
- 9
To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.
- 10
To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
- 11
To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
“to dress leather or cloth; to dress a garden; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them”
- 12
To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
- 13
To manure (land).
- 14
To bolt or sift flour.
- 15
(sometimes imperative) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align.
“Right, dress!”
- 16
To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.
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