dress

/dɹɛs/

noun

  1. 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. 2

    Apparel, clothing.

    He came to the party in formal dress.
  3. 3

    The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.

  4. 4

    A dress rehearsal.

verb

  1. 1

    To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).

    He was dressed in the latest fashions.
  2. 2

    To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.

    I rose and dressed before daybreak.  It's very cold out. Dress warm.
  3. 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. 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. 5

    To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.

  6. 6

    To prepare oneself; to make ready.

  7. 7

    To adorn, ornament.

    It was time to dress the windows for Christmas again.
  8. 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. 9

    To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.

  10. 10

    To treat (a wound, or wounded person).

  11. 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. 12

    To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).

  13. 13

    To manure (land).

  14. 14

    To bolt or sift flour.

  15. 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. 16

    To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.

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