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dress

Main Entry: ¹dress

Function: transitive verb

Language: English

1 clothe : vestir
2 decorate : decorar, adornar
3 : preparar (pollo o pescado), aliñar (ensalada)
4 : curar, vendar (una herida)
5 fertilize : abonar (la tierra)

intransitive verb

1 : vestirse
2 to dress up : ataviarse, engalanarse, ponerse de etiqueta

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