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What does dress mean?
Definitions in simple English

dress Noun

— A dress is a loose cloth covering a woman's body. The lower part is like a skirt. The top part is like a shirt. She looked beautiful because she had a very nice dress. Ball gowns and party frocks are dresses for special occasions.

dress Verb

— To put clothes on something. I dressed my little sister for school this morning. — To put clothes on yourself. I just need to dress and then we can go. — To prepare the surface of a material (usually stone or lumber). — To cover a wound with a bandage. That cut looks really bad. Here, let me dress it — To prepare food for cooking, especially by seasoning it.

dress

— verb put on clothes we had to dress quickly dress the patient Can the child dress by herself? — noun a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice — verb (= clothe) provide with clothes or put clothes on Parents must feed and dress their child — noun (= attire) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion formal attire battle dress — verb (= dress up) dress in a certain manner She dresses in the latest Paris fashion he dressed up in a suit and tie — verb put a finish on dress the surface smooth — verb dress or groom with elaborate care She likes to dress when going to the opera — verb kill and prepare for market or consumption dress a turkey — verb cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width — verb put a dressing on dress the salads — verb provide with decoration dress the windows — verb arrange in ranks dress troops — adjective (= full-dress) (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes a dress dinner a full-dress ceremony — verb (= groom) give a neat appearance to groom the dogs dress the horses — verb (= arrange) arrange attractively dress my hair for the wedding — verb apply a bandage or medication to dress the victim's wounds — verb convert into leather dress the tanned skins — adjective (= full-dress) suitable for formal occasions formal wear a full-dress uniform dress shoes — verb (= trim) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods — noun (= apparel, clothes) clothing in general she was refined in her choice of apparel he always bought his clothes at the same store fastidious about his dress — verb (= cut back) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of dress the plants in the garden

Synonyms dress synonyms

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dress English » English

clothe clothes attire clothing garment gown apparel garb robe wear costume suit put on get dressed outfit skirt shirt frock dress up bandage trim decorate array put on clothes guise cook coat vesture raiment prepare groom cover garnish full-dress decoration cloth wearing apparel tog put on clothing prune garments fit embellish clothe oneself arrange adorn rig preen plume ornament

Topics dress topics

What do people use dress to talk about?
Daily life Clothing

Women's clothing
Person Healthy

Treat disease
Daily life

Clothing
Daily life Clothing

Wear clothing
Work and occupation Animal husbandry

Butcher, slaughter
Person Life Die

Mourn
Daily life Clothing

Clothes for special people
Daily life Clothing

Naked

Conjugation dress conjugation

How do you conjugate dress?

dress · verb

Examples dress examples

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Simple sentences

Who is the girl in the pink dress?
She wore a simple dress.
She was ironing her dress.
She selected a blue dress from the wardrobe.
The dress fits you very well.
She asked him for some money to buy a new dress.
A woman's wardrobe isn't complete without a little black dress.
Why don't you wear a dress?
Mary made Alice a new dress.
Don't dress like a tourist.
Tom didn't buy the dress that Mary wanted him to buy her.
The girl wearing the yellow dress is Mary.
Evening dress is desired.
Your dress is unsuitable for the occasion.
Your dress is very nice.
The way tourists dress offends the local standard of propriety.
Mayuko designed a dress for herself.
Tom made Jill a new dress.
That's a beautiful dress.
If only I had a pretty dress like that!
That dress matches her red hair.
The dress has a beautiful contrast between red and white.
The dress does not make the fair.
Far be it from me to criticize, but your dress is rather loud.
Hiromi wears a new dress.
The dress comes to my knees.
Why didn't you try the dress on before you bought it?

Movie subtitles

Technically it's ivory and Jayma's dress is Alaskan Snow.
Don't you already have a bridesmaid's dress?
Also, I look amazing in this dress.
Thank you. You know, I'm really glad that I, again, coincidentally ran into you, because I've been wanting to talk to you about what happened with Jayma's wedding dress.
Let's show off your dress. Come on.
Put on some kind of dress.
Now go get your dress on and let's boogie.
You were the sourpuss fighting with the girl in the shiny dress.
Uh, you know, uh, two-piece, halter, mesh dress might work well for you very lean ladies, but, yeah, not for this festival of back fat going on.
So you kids can go crazy with your halters and your sheaths and your cutouts, and I will wear a dress fit to upholster a chair.
Okay, so how did it go with Valencia at the dress shop?
My first thought was poison oak in the dress.
My dress is done early, and I brought champagne!
Can you guys stay and make skee the dress gets packed away perfectly?
Her figure dances before me, peers out of bushes, here and there her dress glitters like a will-o'-the-wisp she rushes me, uphill, downhill, into the air, into the swamps. and yet I held her, after all she was mine!
When the mission that God has entrusted to me is over. I will again dress as a woman.
So it is God who orders you to dress as a man?
So, you would rather dress as a man than attend Mass?
Mr. Barreau. At the dress rehearsal, which involved a number of people, some of whom may have questionable characters, did anyone see you bring the money to the victim?
Now don't tear your pretty dress on them logs.
Mr. Cameron, you better tell your sister to change that pretty dress.
Why are you looking at that dress?
Then he'll dress for the party.
I have my dress. You have your things.
I want to wear my old dress! Oh, dear.
Franz, let's dress like before and look for work.
Any dress I wore when I served my countrymen instead of my country.
I got a new dress.
You've got a green dress.
You've got a red dress.
She's got a blue dress.
I've got a yellow dress.
As for the dress. If you're okay with it, We Kingdom would like to get it ready for you.
TRYING TO TALK THE STORE INTO SCREWING OVER SOME OTHER BRIDE AND JUST GIVING US HER DRESS. UH, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
You know, I'm really glad that I, again, coincidentally ran into you, because I've been wanting to talk to you about what happened with Jayma's wedding dress.
I know you, from Spider's. You were the sourpuss fighting with the girl in the shiny dress.

News and current affairs

The law would permit marital rape, limit women's movements - say, for work or study - without male permission, and even make it illegal for a woman to refuse to dress as her husband wishes.
At the risk of sounding frivolous: When you stop a man in traditional dress from beating his wife, are you upholding her human rights or violating his?
Cultures (plural) are the modes of living embraced by various human groups, and comprise all that their members have in common: language, religion, family structures, diet, dress, and so on.
But you cannot dress up failure in the clothes of success.
This first became apparent after the 2000 Grammy Awards, where Jennifer Lopez wore a green dress that, well, caught the world's attention.
Europe is plainly in decline, politically and culturally, though most Europeans, blinded by their high living standards and the pretensions of their impotent statesmen, are happy to dress this up as progress.
They also want a more liberal social environment that would loosen restrictions on their dress, broaden access to cultural products like film and music, and enlarge press freedoms.
I held her by her dress; it was a dark-brown dress with small white spots.
White hair, brown dress, a crucifix on a string - she was my small guardian angel, given to me for nothing.
Germans, understandably, have a problem with national symbolism, but I spotted a few fans in quasi-Bavarian dress.
A real cow, as well as chickens and geese populated that ersatz farmyard. At times an old woman in traditional dress appeared to feed the animals.
These values - reflected in the way people dress, how they behave in public, and the language they speak - are not the values of human life.
Meanwhile, Chinese and other foreign tourists dress up in traditional Tibetan dress to have their souvenir pictures taken in front of the Dalai Lama's old palace.
Pakistani-style dress has become common, as is the long hair that is thought to resemble the style of the Prophet Mohammad.
At times an old woman in traditional dress appeared to feed the animals. Visitors enjoying borscht and pirogi observed her efforts with satisfaction.
So he encouraged an Islamic dress code and built a huge mosque - one of the biggest, if not the biggest, in Europe.
This, it is argued, is only a dress rehearsal for what can be expected in a post-Assad Syria.
At times an old woman in traditional dress appeared to feed the animals.
But the symbolism of Gandhi's simple dress and lifestyle spoke louder than words.
But one can impose dress codes for certain jobs, without banning a type of clothing for everyone.

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