'Dress' definitions:
Definition of 'dress'
From: WordNet
adjective
Suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full- dress uniform"; "dress shoes" [syn: full-dress, dress]
adjective
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony" [syn: dress, full-dress]
noun
A one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn: dress, frock]
noun
Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" [syn: attire, garb, dress]
noun
Clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" [syn: apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothes]
verb
Put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?" [syn: dress, get dressed] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]
verb
Provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]
verb
Put a finish on; "dress the surface smooth"
verb
Dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie" [syn: dress, dress up]
verb
Dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress]
verb
Kill and prepare for market or consumption; "dress a turkey" [syn: dress, dress out]
verb
Arrange in ranks; "dress troops" [syn: dress, line up]
verb
verb
Provide with decoration; "dress the windows" [syn: dress, decorate]
verb
Put a dressing on; "dress the salads"
verb
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" [syn: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back]
verb
Cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
verb
Convert into leather; "dress the tanned skins"
verb
Apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds"
verb
verb
Definition of 'Dress'
From: GCIDE
- Dress \Dress\, v. i.
- 1. (Mil.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Dress right, dress! [1913 Webster]
- 2. To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly. "To dress for a ball." --Latham. [1913 Webster]
- To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. --Tennyson . [1913 Webster]
- To dress to the right, To dress to the left, {To dress on the center} (Mil.), to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dress'
From: GCIDE
- Dress \Dress\ (dr[e^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dressed (dr[e^]st) or Drest; p. pr. & vb. n. Dressing.] [OF. drecier to make straight, raise, set up, prepare, arrange, F. dresser, (assumed) LL. directiare, fr. L. dirigere, directum, to direct; dis- + regere to rule. See Right, and cf. Address, Adroit, Direct, Dirge.]
- 1. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to dress thy ways. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of "to direct one's step; to address one's self." [1913 Webster]
- To Grisild again will I me dresse. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Med.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them. [1913 Webster]
- And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15. [1913 Webster]
- When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. --Ex. xxx. 7. [1913 Webster]
- Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. --Tennyson . [1913 Webster]
- If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form. --Carlyle. (b) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish. (c) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck. [1913 Webster]
- Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. --Shak. (d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. [1913 Webster]
- To dress up or To dress out, to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously. "You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius C[ae]sar." --Addison.
- To dress a ship (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and pennants are added. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
- Syn: To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dress'
From: GCIDE
- Dress \Dress\, n.
- 1. That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel. "In your soldier's dress." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it. [1913 Webster]
- Men of pleasure, dress, and gallantry. -- Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Milling) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- Dress parade (Mil.), a parade in full uniform for review. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dress'
From: Easton
- Dress
- 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 weaving hair into cloth (Ex. 26:7; 35:6), which formed the sackcloth of mourners. This was the material of John the Baptist's robe (Matt. 3:4). Wool was also woven into garments (Lev. 13:47; Deut. 22:11; Ezek. 34:3; Job 31:20; Prov. 27:26). The Israelites probably learned the art of weaving linen when they were in Egypt (1 Chr. 4:21). Fine linen was used in the vestments of the high priest (Ex. 28:5), as well as by the rich (Gen. 41:42; Prov. 31:22; Luke 16:19). The use of mixed material, as wool and flax, was forbidden (Lev. 19:19; Deut. 22:11).
- Colour. The prevailing colour was the natural white of the material used, which was sometimes rendered purer by the fuller's art (Ps. 104:1, 2; Isa. 63:3; Mark 9:3). The Hebrews were acquainted with the art of dyeing (Gen. 37:3, 23). Various modes of ornamentation were adopted in the process of weaving (Ex. 28:6; 26:1, 31; 35:25), and by needle-work (Judg. 5:30; Ps. 45:13). Dyed robes were imported from foreign countries, particularly from Phoenicia (Zeph. 1:8). Purple and scarlet robes were the marks of the wealthy (Luke 16:19; 2 Sam. 1:24).
- Form. The robes of men and women were not very much different in form from each other.
- (a) The "coat" (kethoneth), of wool, cotton, or linen, was worn by both sexes. It was a closely-fitting garment, resembling in use and form our shirt (John 19:23). It was kept close to the body by a girdle (John 21:7). A person wearing this "coat" alone was described as naked (1 Sam. 19:24; Isa. 20:2; 2 Kings 6:30; John 21:7); deprived of it he would be absolutely naked.
- (b) A linen cloth or wrapper (sadin) of fine linen, used somewhat as a night-shirt (Mark 14:51). It is mentioned in Judg. 14:12, 13, and rendered there "sheets."
- (c) An upper tunic (meil), longer than the "coat" (1 Sam. 2:19; 24:4; 28:14). In 1 Sam. 28:14 it is the mantle in which Samuel was enveloped; in 1 Sam. 24:4 it is the "robe" under which Saul slept. The disciples were forbidden to wear two "coats" (Matt. 10:10; Luke 9:3).
- (d) The usual outer garment consisted of a piece of woollen cloth like a Scotch plaid, either wrapped round the body or thrown over the shoulders like a shawl, with the ends hanging down in front, or it might be thrown over the head so as to conceal the face (2 Sam. 15:30; Esther 6:12). It was confined to the waist by a girdle, and the fold formed by the overlapping of the robe served as a pocket (2 Kings 4:39; Ps. 79:12; Hag. 2:12; Prov. 17:23; 21:14).
- Female dress. The "coat" was common to both sexes (Cant. 5:3). But peculiar to females were (1) the "veil" or "wimple," a kind of shawl (Ruth 3:15; rendered "mantle," R.V., Isa. 3:22); (2) the "mantle," also a species of shawl (Isa. 3:22); (3) a "veil," probably a light summer dress (Gen. 24:65); (4) a "stomacher," a holiday dress (Isa. 3:24). The outer garment terminated in an ample fringe or border, which concealed the feet (Isa. 47:2; Jer. 13:22).
- The dress of the Persians is described in Dan. 3:21.
- The reference to the art of sewing are few, inasmuch as the garments generally came forth from the loom ready for being worn, and all that was required in the making of clothes devolved on the women of a family (Prov. 31:22; Acts 9:39).
- Extravagance in dress is referred to in Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 16:10; Zeph. 1:8 (R.V., "foreign apparel"); 1 Tim. 2:9; 1 Pet. 3:3. Rending the robes was expressive of grief (Gen. 37:29, 34), fear (1 Kings 21:27), indignation (2 Kings 5:7), or despair (Judg. 11:35; Esther 4:1).
- Shaking the garments, or shaking the dust from off them, was a sign of renunciation (Acts 18:6); wrapping them round the head, of awe (1 Kings 19:13) or grief (2 Sam. 15:30; casting them off, of excitement (Acts 22:23); laying hold of them, of supplication (1 Sam. 15:27). In the case of travelling, the outer garments were girded up (1 Kings 18:46). They were thrown aside also when they would impede action (Mark 10:50; John 13:4; Acts 7:58).
Synonyms of 'dress'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouter,
- adorn,
- anoint,
- apparel,
- appoint,
- arm,
- armory,
- arrange,
- array,
- attire,
- backset,
- badge,
- badge of office,
- badges,
- ballet skirt,
- bandage,
- bathe,
- baton,
- bawl out,
- beautify,
- bedeck,
- bedizen,
- bedizenment,
- bedrape,
- beeswax,
- berate,
- bib and tucker,
- bind,
- blazon,
- blazonry,
- bless,
- brassard,
- brush up,
- buff,
- bundle up,
- burnish,
- butcher,
- button,
- camouflage,
- cap and gown,
- care for,
- castigate,
- chain,
- chain of office,
- cheongsam,
- chew out,
- chiton,
- clad,
- class ring,
- clean,
- clear for action,
- clear the decks,
- clothe,
- clothes,
- clothing,
- cockade,
- cocktail dress,
- collar,
- color,
- costume,
- crinoline,
- cross,
- culottes,
- cultivate,
- culture,
- cure,
- cut,
- dab,
- dandify,
- daub,
- deck,
- deck out,
- decorate,
- decoration,
- delve,
- deploy,
- diagnose,
- dig,
- dight,
- dirndl,
- disguise,
- dizen,
- doctor,
- doll up,
- drag,
- drape,
- drapery,
- dress down,
- dress up,
- dresses,
- dressing,
- dub,
- dud,
- duds,
- eagle,
- embellish,
- emblazon,
- emblems,
- embrocate,
- embroider,
- enclothe,
- endue,
- enrich,
- enrobe,
- enshroud,
- ensigns,
- envelop,
- enwrap,
- equalize,
- equip,
- even,
- fallow,
- fasces,
- fashion,
- fatigues,
- fatten,
- feathers,
- fecundify,
- fertilize,
- fettle,
- fig,
- fig out,
- figurehead,
- fit,
- fit out,
- fit up,
- fix,
- fix up,
- flatten,
- fleur-de-lis,
- flux,
- force,
- frock,
- fructify,
- full skirt,
- furbish,
- furnish,
- garb,
- garment,
- garments,
- garnish,
- gear,
- get ready,
- give care to,
- glycerolate,
- gown,
- grace,
- grade,
- grass skirt,
- grease,
- grease the wheels,
- groom,
- guise,
- gussy up,
- gut,
- habiliment,
- habiliments,
- habilitate,
- habit,
- hammer and sickle,
- harrow,
- heal,
- heel,
- heraldry,
- hobble skirt,
- hoe,
- impregnate,
- inseminate,
- insignia,
- invest,
- investiture,
- investment,
- jumper,
- jupe,
- kilt,
- kirtle,
- labor,
- lap,
- lapel pin,
- lard,
- lay,
- level,
- linen,
- list,
- livery,
- lubricate,
- mace,
- make arrangements,
- make preparations,
- make ready,
- man,
- manicure,
- mantle,
- mantua,
- manure,
- markings,
- marshal,
- masquerade,
- massage,
- maxiskirt,
- medal,
- medicate,
- microskirt,
- midiskirt,
- miniskirt,
- minister to,
- mobilize,
- mortarboard,
- Mother Hubbard,
- mow,
- muffle up,
- mulch,
- munition,
- muu-muu,
- nurse,
- oil,
- old school tie,
- operate on,
- ornament,
- outfit,
- overdress,
- paint,
- pannier,
- peplum,
- petticoat,
- physic,
- pin,
- pinafore,
- plan,
- plane,
- planish,
- plaster,
- plow,
- plume,
- polish,
- pomade,
- poultice,
- prank,
- prank up,
- prearrange,
- preen,
- prep,
- prepare,
- pretreat,
- prettify,
- primp,
- primp up,
- prink,
- prink up,
- process,
- prolificate,
- provide,
- prune,
- purge,
- put in shape,
- rag out,
- rags,
- raiment,
- rake,
- ready,
- ready up,
- rebuke,
- redecorate,
- redo,
- refurbish,
- regalia,
- remedy,
- reprimand,
- reprove,
- rig,
- rig out,
- rig up,
- ring,
- robe,
- robes,
- rose,
- rub,
- rub up,
- sack,
- salve,
- sand,
- sandblast,
- sandpaper,
- sari,
- sarong,
- school ring,
- scold,
- set off,
- set out,
- settle preliminaries,
- shamrock,
- shave,
- sheath,
- sheathe,
- shine,
- shirtdress,
- shroud,
- sigillography,
- skirt,
- skull and crossbones,
- slaughter,
- slick,
- slick on,
- slit skirt,
- smarten,
- smarten up,
- smear,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth out,
- smooth the way,
- soap the ways,
- spade,
- sphragistics,
- splint,
- sportswear,
- spruce up,
- staff,
- strap,
- style,
- suit,
- swaddle,
- swastika,
- swathe,
- tan,
- tartan,
- tea gown,
- tell off,
- tend,
- thin,
- thin out,
- things,
- thistle,
- threads,
- tie,
- till,
- till the soil,
- tire,
- titivate,
- togs,
- toilette,
- tongue-lash,
- treat,
- trick out,
- trick up,
- trim,
- try out,
- turn out,
- tutu,
- unguent,
- uniform,
- upbraid,
- verge,
- vestment,
- vesture,
- wand,
- wax,
- wear,
- wearing apparel,
- weed,
- weed out,
- work,
- wrap,
- wrap up
Words containing 'Dress'
- Dressed,
- Dressing,
- To dress out,
- To dress up,
- dress down,
- dress out,
- dress up,
- dressing down,
- Court dress,
- Diving dress,
- Dress circle,
- Dress coat,
- Dress goods,
- Dress parade,
- Dress rehearsal,
- Dressing case,
- Dressing forceps,
- Dressing gown,
- Dressing room,
- Dressing table,
- Fatigue dress,
- Full dress,
- Magazine dress,
- Pick dressing,
- To dress a ship,
- To dress on the center,
- To dress to the left,
- To dress to the right,
- Water dressing,
- anchovy dressing,
- battle dress,
- civilian dress,
- cocktail dress,
- cross dressing,
- dinner dress,
- dress blues,
- dress code,
- dress hanger,
- dress hat,
- dress rack,
- dress ship,
- dress shirt,
- dress shop,
- dress suit,
- dress uniform,
- dress whites,
- dressed ore,
- dressed to kill,
- dressed to killpredicate,
- dressed to the nines,
- dressed-up,
- dressing sack,
- dressing sacque,
- dressing station,
- evening dress,
- fancy dress,
- french dressing,
- get dressed,
- italian dressing,
- lorenzo dressing,
- medical dressing,
- mineral dressing,
- morning dress,
- ore dressing,
- oyster dressing,
- roquefort dressing,
- russian dressing,
- salad dressing,
- shirt dress,
- shirtwaist dress,
- surgical dressing,
- top dressing,
- wedding dress,
- well dressed,
- window dressing,
- Hammer-dressed,
- Top-dress,
- Top-dressed,
- Top-dressing,
- bleu cheese dressing,
- blue cheese dressing,
- cross-dress,
- dressed-up dressed to the ninespredicate dressed to killpredicate dolled up spruced up spiffed up,
- full-dress,
- ill-dressed,
- thousand island dressing,
- well-dressed,
- window-dress,
- fancy-dress ball,
- full-dress uniform,
- half-and-half dressing,
- togged dressed esp in smart clothes,
- appareled attired clad dressed garbed garmented habilimented robed