DRESS

dress, full-dress

(adjective) (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; “a dress dinner”; “a full-dress ceremony”

dress, full-dress

(adjective) suitable for formal occasions; “formal wear”; “a full-dress uniform”; “dress shoes”

apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothes

(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”

attire, garb, dress

(noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; “formal attire”; “battle dress”

dress, frock

(noun) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure

(verb) arrange attractively; “dress my hair for the wedding”

preen, primp, plume, dress

(verb) dress or groom with elaborate care; “She likes to dress when going to the opera”

dress, dress up

(verb) dress in a certain manner; “She dresses in the latest Paris fashion”; “he dressed up in a suit and tie”

dress, groom, curry

(verb) give a neat appearance to; “groom the dogs”; “dress the horses”

dress, get dressed

(verb) put on clothes; “we had to dress quickly”; “dress the patient”; “Can the child dress by herself?”

dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel

(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on; “Parents must feed and dress their child”

dress

(verb) apply a bandage or medication to; “dress the victim’s wounds”

dress

(verb) convert into leather; “dress the tanned skins”

dress, dress out

(verb) kill and prepare for market or consumption; “dress a turkey”

dress

(verb) put a finish on; “dress the surface smooth”

snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back

(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; “dress the plants in the garden”

dress

(verb) put a dressing on; “dress the salads”

dress, decorate

(verb) provide with decoration; “dress the windows”

trim, garnish, dress

(verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

dress, line up

(verb) arrange in ranks; “dress troops”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Verb

dress (third-person singular simple present dresses, present participle dressing, simple past dressed, past participle (obsolete) drest or dressed)

(transitive) To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone). [from 15^thc.]

(intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes. [from 18^thc.]

(sports, ambitransitive) To put on the uniform and equipment necessary to play the game.

(intransitive, euphemism) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other within the trousers. [from 20^thc.]

(transitive) To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it. [from 15^thc.]

(obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready. [14^th-16^thc.]

To adorn, ornament. [from 15^thc.]

(nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.

(transitive, theatre, film, television) To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.

(transitive) To treat (a wound, or wounded person). [from 15^thc.]

To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.

(transitive) To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).

(transitive) To manure (land).

(transitive) To bolt or sift flour.

(military, ambitransitive, sometimes, imperative) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align.

To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.

Synonyms

• (clothe (something or somebody)): clothe, don; see also clothe

• (clothe oneself): get dressed

• (prepare the surface of)

• (bandage (a wound)): bandage, put a bandage on, put a dressing on

Antonyms

• (clothe (something or somebody)): strip, undress

• (clothe oneself): disrobe, get undressed, strip, undress

Noun

dress (countable and uncountable, plural dresses)

(countable) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes skirts below the waist.

(uncountable) Apparel, clothing.

The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.

A dress rehearsal.

Source: Wiktionary

---

Dress, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dressed or Drest; p. pr. & vb. n. Dressing.] Etym: [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.] At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to dress thy ways. Chaucer.

Note: Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of "to direct one's step; to addresss one's self." To Grisild again will I me dresse. Chaucer.

2. (Mil.)

Definition: 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.

3. (Med.)

Definition: To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part.

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.

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it. Gen. ii. 15. When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense. Ex. xxx. 7. Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed. Dryden. Dressing their hair with the white sea flower. Tennyson . 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. Dressed myself in such humility. Shak. Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return. Shak.

(d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal. To dress up or out, to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously. "You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius Cæsar." 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.

Dress, v. i.

1. (Mil.)

Definition: To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress!

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. To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. Tennyson . 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.

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.

2. A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress.

3. Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it. Men of pleasure, dress, and gallantry. Pope.

4. (Milling)

Definition: The system of furrows on the face of a millstone. Knight. Dress circle. See under Circle.

– Dress parade (Mil.), a parade in full uniform for review.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---