Dress | Mean of dress in English Dictionary

/ˈdrɛs/

• Verb
• to put clothes on (yourself or someone else)
1. They dressed themselves in a hurry.
2. He dressed the child in a snowsuit.
• to put clothes on yourself
1. She showered, dressed, and ate breakfast.
• to put on or wear a particular type or style of clothes
1. She dressed warmly for skiing.
2. He dresses fashionably/well.
3. She always dresses in black (clothes).

• to put on or wear formal clothes
1. She is dressing for the opera.
2. They always dress for dinner.
• to clean, put medicine on, and cover (a wound)
1. The nurse dressed the cut on my knee.
• to prepare (food) for cooking or eating
1. dress the chicken/salad
• to decorate (something, especially a window) for display
1. His job is to dress the store window for the holiday.
• to prepare (wood, stone, leather, etc.) for use
• to wear informal clothes
1. Most of the students dress down for class, usually wearing jeans and T-shirts.
2. On Fridays everyone in the office dresses down.
• to speak angrily to (someone) for doing something wrong
1. He was/got dressed down for failing to follow orders.
• to put formal or fancy clothes on (someone)
1. She dressed up the children for the wedding.
• to put on a costume
1. We dressed up like/as ghosts for Halloween.
• to put a costume on (someone)
1. We dressed the baby up as a lion.
• to make (something) more attractive, impressive, or fancy
1. dress up a plain dessert with a rich chocolate sauce
• Noun
• a piece of clothing for a woman or a girl that has a top part that covers the upper body and a skirt that hangs down to cover the legs
1. She wore dresses only on special occasions.
2. She wore a short/long black dress to the party.
3. Her wedding dress was decorated with lace.
• a particular type of clothing
1. The guests were clothed in traditional Indian dress.
2. It is wise to wear conservative dress to an interview.
• suitable or required for a formal event
1. I wore dress pants and a nice sweater.
2. uncomfortable dress shoes