ALL meanings of dress
dress
D d - transitive verb dress make stone smooth 1
- noun dress Put on one's clothes. 1
- noun dress an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 1
- noun dress clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 1
- noun dress formal attire. 1
- noun dress a particular form of appearance; guise. 1
- noun dress outer covering, as the plumage of birds. 1
- adjective dress of or for a dress or dresses. 1
- adjective dress of or for a formal occasion. 1
- adjective dress requiring formal dress. 1
- verb with object dress to put clothing upon. 1
- verb with object dress to put formal or evening clothes on. 1
- verb with object dress to trim; ornament; adorn: to dress a store window; to dress a Christmas tree. 1
- verb with object dress to design clothing for or sell clothes to. 1
- verb with object dress to comb out and do up (hair). 1
- verb with object dress to cut up, trim, and remove the skin, feathers, viscera, etc., from (an animal, meat, fowl, or flesh of a fowl) for market or for cooking (often followed by out when referring to a large animal): We dressed three chickens for the dinner. He dressed out the deer when he got back to camp. 1
- verb with object dress to prepare (skins, fabrics, timber, stone, ore, etc.) by special processes. 1
- verb with object dress to apply medication or a dressing to (a wound or sore). 1
- verb with object dress to make straight; bring (troops) into line: to dress ranks. 1
- verb with object dress to make (stone, wood, or other building material) smooth. 1
- verb with object dress to cultivate (land, fields, etc.). 1
- verb with object dress Theater. to arrange (a stage) by effective placement of properties, scenery, actors, etc. 1
- verb with object dress to ornament (a vessel) with ensigns, house flags, code flags, etc.: The bark was dressed with masthead flags only. 1
- noun dress woman's item of clothing 1
- verb with object dress Angling. to prepare or bait (a fishhook) for use. to prepare (bait, especially an artificial fly) for use. 1
- transitive verb dress put clothes on 1
- verb with object dress Printing. to fit (furniture) around and between pages in a chase prior to locking it up. 1
- intransitive verb dress put clothes on oneself 1
- verb with object dress to supply with accessories, optional features, etc.: to have one's new car fully dressed. 1
- adjective dress formal 1
- verb without object dress to clothe or attire oneself; put on one's clothes: Wake up and dress, now! 1
- noun dress clothing generally 1
- verb without object dress to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes: to dress for dinner. 1
- intransitive verb dress military: become aligned 1
- verb without object dress to come into line, as troops. 1
- transitive verb dress apply a bandage to 1
- verb without object dress to align oneself with the next soldier, marcher, dancer, etc., in line. 1
- transitive verb dress hair 1
- idioms dress dress ship, to decorate a ship by hoisting lines of flags running its full length. U.S. Navy. to display the national ensigns at each masthead and a larger ensign on the flagstaff. 1
- transitive verb dress prepare for eating 1
- transitive verb dress add sauce to a salad 1
- transitive verb dress groom a horse 1
- transitive verb dress align military troops 1
- countable noun dress A dress is a piece of clothing worn by a woman or girl. It covers her body and part of her legs. 0
- uncountable noun dress You can refer to clothes worn by men or women as dress. 0
- verb dress When you dress or dress yourself, you put on clothes. 0
- verb dress If you dress someone, for example a child, you put clothes on them. 0
- verb dress If someone dresses in a particular way, they wear clothes of a particular style or colour. 0
- verb dress If you dress for something, you put on special clothes for it. 0
- verb dress When someone dresses a wound, they clean it and cover it. 0