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dress

adjective
  1. (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
    “a dress dinner”
    full-dress
  2. suitable for formal occasions
    full-dress
noun
  1. clothing in general
    apparelwearing apparelclothes
  2. clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
    garbattire
  3. a one-piece garment for a woman
    frock
verb
  1. arrange attractively
    “dress my hair for the wedding”
    setcoifcoiffuredoarrangecoiffe
  2. dress or groom with elaborate care
    “I likes to dress when going to the opera.”
    plume
  3. to attire with clothing in a certain manner
    “They dress in the latest Paris fashion.”
    dress up
  4. give a neat appearance to
    currygroom
  5. put on clothes
    “we had to dress quickly”
    get dressed
  6. provide with clothes or put clothes on
    “Parents must feed and dress their child”
    apparel
  7. apply a bandage or medication to
    “dress the victim's wounds”
  8. convert into leather
    “dress the tanned skins”
  9. kill and prepare for market or consumption
    “dress a turkey”
    dress out
  10. cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
  11. put a finish on
    “dress the surface smooth”
  12. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
    “dress the plants in the garden”
    clip
  13. put a dressing on
    “dress the salads”
  14. provide with decoration
    “dress the windows”
    decorate
  15. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
    trim
  16. arrange in ranks
    “dress troops”
    line up