Found 3 items, similar to dress.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dress
adun, gaun, membaluti, membarut, mendandani, pakaian
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dress
dress
adj 1: suitable for formal occasions;
“formal wear”;
“a full-dress
uniform”;
“dress shoes” [syn:
full-dress]
2: (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes;
“a dress dinner”;
“a full-dress ceremony” [syn:
full-dress]
dress
n 1: a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice [syn:
frock]
2: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular
occasion;
“formal attire”;
“battle dress” [syn:
attire,
garb]
3: 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
,
clothes]
dress
v 1: put on clothes;
“we had to dress quickly”;
“dress the
patient”;
“Can the child dress by herself?” [syn:
get dressed
] [ant:
undress]
2: provide with clothes or put clothes on;
“Parents must feed
and dress their child” [syn:
clothe,
enclothe,
garb,
raiment,
tog,
garment,
habilitate,
fit out,
apparel]
[ant:
undress]
3: put a finish on;
“dress the surface smooth”
4: dress in a certain manner;
“She dresses in the latest Paris
fashion”;
“he dressed up in a suit and tie” [syn:
dress up
]
5: dress or groom with elaborate care;
“She likes to dress when
going to the opera” [syn:
preen,
primp,
plume]
6: kill and prepare for market or consumption;
“dress a turkey”
[syn:
dress out]
7: arrange in ranks;
“dress troops” [syn:
line up]
8: decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
[syn:
trim,
garnish]
9: provide with decoration;
“dress the windows” [syn:
decorate]
10: put a dressing on;
“dress the salads”
11: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of;
“dress the
plants in the garden” [syn:
snip,
clip,
crop,
trim,
lop,
prune,
cut back]
12: cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
13: convert into leather;
“dress the tanned skins”
14: apply a bandage or medication to;
“dress the victim's
wounds”
15: give a neat appearance to;
“groom the dogs”;
“dress the
horses” [syn:
groom,
curry]
16: arrange attractively;
“dress my hair for the wedding” [syn:
arrange,
set,
do,
coif,
coiffe,
coiffure]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dress
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.]
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At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to
dress thy ways. --Chaucer.
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Note: Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of
“to direct one's step; to address one's self.”
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To Grisild again will I me dresse. --Chaucer.
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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.
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3. (Med.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or
curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a
wounded or diseased part.
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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.
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And the Lord God took the man, and put him into
the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15.
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When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn
incense. --Ex. xxx. 7.
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Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed.
--Dryden.
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Dressing their hair with the white sea flower.
--Tennyson
.
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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.
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Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak.
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Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy
return. --Shak.
(d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other
animal.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum. --Tennyson
.
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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.
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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.
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2. A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress.
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3. Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it.
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Men of pleasure, dress, and gallantry. -- Pope.
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4. (Milling) The system of furrows on the face of a
millstone. --Knight.
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Dress parade (Mil.), a parade in full uniform for review.
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