Dress
31dress — 1 /dres/ noun 1 (C) a piece of clothing worn by a woman or girl that covers her body from her shoulder to somewhere on her leg: Sheila wore a long red dress. compare skirt 1 (1) 2 (U) the way someone dresses: His dress is always very formal. 3… …
32dress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. clothe, attire, array; scold, reprove, berate, whip; adorn, garnish, decorate; align, equalize; prepare, bandage. See clothing, disapprobation, ornament, remedy. n. clothing, costume, vesture, garb,… …
33dress — dress1 W2S2 [dres] n 1.) a piece of clothing worn by a woman or girl that covers the top of her body and part or all of her legs →↑skirt ▪ Sheila wore a long red dress. ▪ a summer dress 2.) [U] clothes for men or women of a particular type or for …
34Dress — For other uses, see Dress (disambiguation). Dresses redirects here. For the song by Betty Blowtorch, see Betty Blowtorch#Discography. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres depicts the Comtesse d Haussonville, wearing a dress. A dress (also known as a… …
35dress — I n. clothing 1) casual, informal; evening, formal; native dress 2) improper; proper dress 3) in dress (in informal dress) woman s frock 4) a casual; cocktail; evening (esp. BE); low cut; maternity; summer dress 5) a dress is long; short; tight… …
36dress — dress1 [ dres ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive to put on clothes. This verb is common in writing, but when you are speaking it is more usual to say that you get dressed: It only took her ten minutes to shower and dress. a ) transitive to put clothes… …
37dress — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 piece of clothing ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, elegant, gorgeous ▪ plain, simple ▪ She looked elegant in a simple black dress. ▪ …
38dress — ad·dress·ee; ad·dress·er; am·bas·sa·dress; be·dress; com·man·dress; dress; dress·i·ness; el·dress; head·dress; laun·dress; re·dress·er; re·dress·ment; semi·dress; ad·dress·able; mini·dress; ad·dress; dress·er; re·dress; un·dress;… …
39dress */*/*/ — I UK [dres] / US verb Word forms dress : present tense I/you/we/they dress he/she/it dresses present participle dressing past tense dressed past participle dressed 1) [intransitive] to put on clothes. This verb is common in writing, but when you… …
40dress — v. & n. v. 1 a tr. clothe; array (dressed in rags; dressed her quickly). b intr. wear clothes of a specified kind or in a specified way (dresses well). 2 intr. a put on clothes. b put on formal or evening clothes, esp. for dinner. 3 tr. decorate… …
