All dress synonyms
dress
D d verb dress
- treat β to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- trim β to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
- don β Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936β95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
- adorn β If something adorns a place or an object, it makes it look more beautiful.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- turn out β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- decorate β If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- clothe β To clothe someone means to provide them with clothes to wear.
- put on β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- wear β to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- arrange β If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- fit β adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- do up β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dispose β to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- straighten β make straight
- adjust β When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- comb β A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.
- attend β If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
- bind β If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- heal β to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- cauterize β If a doctor cauterizes a wound, he or she burns it with heat or with a chemical in order to close it up and prevent it from becoming infected.
- sterilize β to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- bandage β A bandage is a long strip of cloth which is wrapped around a wounded part of someone's body to protect or support it.
- cleanse β To cleanse a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it.
- plaster β a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
noun dress
- gown β a woman's dress or robe, especially one that is full-length.
- frock β a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
- attire β Your attire is the clothes you are wearing.
- garb β a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind: in the garb of a monk.
- uniform β identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.
- apparel β Apparel means clothes, especially formal clothes worn on an important occasion.
- costume β An actor's or performer's costume is the set of clothes they wear while they are performing.
- suit β a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- wardrobe β a stock of clothes or costumes, as of a person or of a theatrical company.
- robe β a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- skirt β the part of a gown, dress, slip, or coat that extends downward from the waist.
- smock β a loose, lightweight overgarment worn to protect the clothing while working.
- accouterment β an accoutering or being accoutered
- drape β to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- habiliment β Usually, habiliments. clothes or clothing. clothes as worn in a particular profession, way of life, etc.
- covering β A covering is a layer of something that protects or hides something else.
- shift β to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
- habit β an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary: the habit of looking both ways before crossing the street.
- trappings β articles of equipment or dress, especially of an ornamental character.
- outfit β an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
- vestment β a garment, especially an outer garment.
- things β (in Scandinavian countries) a public meeting or assembly, especially a legislative assembly or a court of law.
- guise β FranΓ§ois de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frΙΜΛswa dΙ lΙΛrΙn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519β63, French general and statesman.
- threads β a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- duds β a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.