does up

verb

present tense third-person singular of do up
1
as in adorns
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming the whole house had been done up for Halloween

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2
as in clothes
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes on Wild West Day some of the women came to the office done up as showgirls, while the men were mostly outlaws

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3
as in wears
to use up all the physical energy of all of this fussing about the wedding has done me up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for does up
  1. adorns
  2. dresses
  3. wears
  4. decorates
  5. dresses up
  6. kills
  7. does in
  8. exhausts
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  • To be sure, the Russian space agency Roscosmos (like other space agencies) often adorns its rockets with colorful artwork and logos that may not necessarily result in payment.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • Co-Space has become known for the visual art that adorns its walls, and Byrd created a blue-and-white painting at the center.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026
Definition of adorns
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  • Regardless, men behaving in a repulsed or shocked way when a man dresses feminine or in women’s clothing is homophobic.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
  • Case in point, the Organic Cotton Relaxed Oxford Shirt, which stylist Nicole Chavez, who dresses Witherspoon, handpicked in her cool-girl summer capsule.
    — Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 20 July 2026
Definition of dresses
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  • In the image, Camilla wears a bright blue dress and a diamond and sapphire butterfly brooch, which was presented to the late Queen Elizabeth II in 1977.
    — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 17 July 2026
  • The custodian of this jewel is Amrit Maan, the fourth-generation owner of The Punjab and a man who wears more hats than any one human should reasonably be expected to.
    — Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of wears
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  • The print decorates a semi-sheer collarless evening jacket, an ideal day-to-night piece, according to Brock.
    — Ari Stark, Footwear News, 22 July 2026
  • The painting that decorates the ceiling, Apollo Slaying the Serpent Python, was created by the artist Eugène Delacroix.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 22 July 2026
Definition of decorates
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  • The stylish silhouette instantly dresses up everything from jeans and trousers to flowy dresses, while the supportive sole makes the shoes easy to wear for hours at a time.
    — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • Allie dresses up as Jennifer Lopez—plunging green Versace dress and all.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
Definition of dresses up
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  • There is also evidence, both Moss and Saphire note, that measles kills immune system memory cells when infecting someone without vaccine-induced or natural immunity.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026
  • Odysseus reveals who is really is, and with the help of Telemachus, kills all the suitors in a breakneck fight to the death.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 July 2026
Definition of kills
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  • However, Sacramento does in fact have a restaurant that merges these cuisines in an elegant and very personal way.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • Not everyone went slowly insane under such circumstances, as Bartleby does in Melville’s story, but the experience was disorienting all the same.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026
Definition of does in
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  • Watching this scene, and much of the film, exhausts me.
    — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
  • If the search for a large outdoor planter exhausts you—just get a terra-cotta planter.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of exhausts
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