Dress
51dress*/*/*/ — [dres] verb I 1) [I] to put clothes on yourself or on someone else It only took her ten minutes to shower and dress.[/ex] 2) [I] to wear clothes of a particular type He tends to dress in dark colours.[/ex] The nurses dressed as clowns for… …
52Dress — 1) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah s dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The Hebrews were early acquainted with the art of… …
53dress — n 1. frock, gown, robe; outfit, suit, ensemble, costume, Inf. getup. 2. clothing, clothes, apparel, wearing apparel, garb, attire; raiment, vestments, habit, habiliments, Inf. gear, Inf. toggery, Inf. togs, Inf. duds, Sl. threads, Sl. rags;… …
54dress up — phrasal verb Word forms dress up : present tense I/you/we/they dress up he/she/it dresses up present participle dressing up past tense dressed up past participle dressed up 1) a) [intransitive] to put on clothes that make you look like someone… …
55dress-up — /dres up /, adj. 1. being an occasion, situation, etc., for which one must be somewhat formally well dressed: the first dress up dance of the season. n. 2. Informal. Usually, dress ups. a. a person s best clothes: Wear your dress ups for the… …
56dress — {{11}}dress (n.) c.1600, originally any clothing, especially that appropriate to rank or to some ceremony; sense of woman s garment is first recorded 1630s, with overtones of made not merely to clothe but to adorn. Dress rehearsal first recorded… …
57dress up — 1) Angela loved dressing up Syn: dress smartly, dress formally, wear evening dress; informal doll oneself up, put on one s glad rags, gussy oneself up 2) Hugh dressed up as Santa Claus Syn: disguise oneself, dress; put on fancy dress, put on a… …
58dress up — v. (D; intr., tr.) to dress up as (he dressed up as a cowboy; they dressed her up as a ballerina) * * * [ dres ʌp] (D;intr.,tr.) to dress upas (he dress uped up as a cowboy; they dress uped her up as a ballerina) …
59dress up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. primp, dress for dinner, deck out, spruce up, doll up*, spiff up*, dude up*, fix up, trick out, trick up*, gussy up*, put on the dog*; see also dress 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To dress in formal or special… …
60Dress — Der Ausdruck Dress bezeichnet ein Dress (Kleidungsstück) einen Vorhang oder Umhang um Bühnen bei Veranstaltungen. Meistens schwarzes Material, dient als Sichtschutz. Unterteilung in Frontdress, Sidedress und Backdress. und ist der Familienname… …
