dress

dress

verb

Definition of DRESS

1

to cover with a bandage <first wash and then dress the wound>

Synonyms bind, dress, swathe

Related Words attend, care (for), doctor, medicate, minister (to), nurse, treat; cure, heal, mend, rehabilitate, remedy

Near Antonyms unbandage

2

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming <let's dress up the room with some greenery for the holiday party>

Synonyms adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, caparison, deck, do, doll up, do up, drape, dress, embellish, emblaze, emboss, enrich, fancify, fancy up, festoon, garnish, glitz (up), grace, gussy up, ornament, pretty (up), trim

Related Words accessorize, dress up, trap, trick (out); brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up); boss, chase; braid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, frill, fringe, furbelow, garland, hang, lace, ribbon, swag, wreathe; appliqué, gild, paint; diamond, gem, impearl, jewel, pearl; redecorate, redo

Near Antonyms simplify, streamline; bare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncover; uglify

Antonyms blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil

3

to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure <dress the granite block to be used as the headstone on all four sides>

Synonyms buff, burnish, dress, furbish, gloss, grind, rub, shine, smooth, smoothen

Related Words sleek, slick; coat, glaze, japan, lacquer, varnish; face, finish, veneer; brighten; file, rasp, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, scrape, scrub; bob, bone, lap

Near Antonyms rough (up), roughen, ruffle, scuff (up)

4

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes <dressed the young girl in satin and lace>

Synonyms apparel, array, attire, bedeck, caparison, costume, deck (out), do up, dress, dress up, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, habit, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), toilet, vesture

Related Words cloak, frock, jacket, mantle, vest; drape, enswathe, hap [dialect], huddle, swaddle, swathe, wrap; accoutre (or accouter), bedight [archaic], equip, furnish, habilitate, outfit, tailor, uniform; dress down, underdress

Near Antonyms denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil

Antonyms disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss [archaic]

5

to put on one's best or formal clothes <we don't usually dress for dinner>

Synonyms doll up, dress

Related Words preen, primp, prink, smarten (up); accessorize; apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bedizen, caparison, clothe, costume, deck, dude (up), garb, garment, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (out or up)

6

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care <dress the beans by applying fertilizer once a week>

Synonyms crop, cultivate, culture, dress, promote, raise, rear, tend

Related Words breed, produce, propagate; plant, sow; gather, glean, harvest, reap; germinate, quicken, ripen, root, sprout

Near Antonyms kill; dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot; cut, hay, mow