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as in bandaged
to cover with a bandage
first wash and then dress the wound
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as in adorned
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
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as in polished
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
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as in clothed
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
dressed the young girl in satin and lace
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as in costumed
to put on one's best or formal clothes
we don't usually dress for dinner
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as in grew
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
dress the beans by applying fertilizer once a week
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Recent Examples of dressed
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
29 June 2026
When getting dressed starts to feel like an endurance sport, fashion has to offer more than fantasy — and many collections in Paris did just that.
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Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
29 June 2026
Portnoy, who travels the country giving one-bite reviews that can make or break a business is polished, well dressed (although not usually formal), and has a more traditional, obvious type sense of humor.
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Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
The snakehead’s firm white meat has a nice flavor when minimally dressed.
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Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
25 June 2026
Skip these tops that typically look dressed down and don’t do much to keep you cool.
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Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
Inspired by classic dressed hoagies, these sandwiches are filled with peppers, zucchini, eggplant, and red onion and doused in tangy Italian vinaigrette.
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Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
25 June 2026
The kale salad, fluffy and delicately dressed, is also getting some buzz now.
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Peter St. Onge
updated June 24,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
Rent it on most major platforms Forbidden to enter the stadium, several Iranian women sneak in dressed as men to watch a World Cup qualifying match in the master director Jafar Panahi’s movie about everyday defiance under authoritarianism.
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Carlos Aguilar,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Pigs are cooked whole over wood, broken down, and then dressed with a mixture of cider vinegar, salt, black pepper, and crushed red pepper.
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Amethyst Ganaway,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
In December 2024, Brittany and Patrick dressed in costume as Swift and Kelce at a party Kelce threw to celebrate the end of Swift’s Eras Tour.
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Lisa Gutierrez
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Willis dressed either in a police officer’s uniform or a white Navy uniform.
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Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Button Gwinnett didn’t want to be in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress in the summer of 1776, and not just because a heat wave gripped the city and delegates dressed in wool and powdered wigs.
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Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026
With its stylish squid kids blasting each other while dressed in the freshest urban styles, the Splatoon franchise is Nintendo’s most modern and youthful series.
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Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
The team staged an official photograph at the mouth of a fjord, with three longships and the players dressed like Norse warriors; Haaland held a sword.
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Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Prior to her and Pelphrey making the red carpet event into a date night, the pair — who got engaged in August 2024 — celebrated their first child's arrival with a baby shower blowout that saw Cuoco dressed in a hot pink outfit.
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Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Adjective
Shop her look on There’s a point every summer where getting dressed stops being about curating an outfit and starts being about survival.
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Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
29 June 2026
When getting dressed starts to feel like an endurance sport, fashion has to offer more than fantasy — and many collections in Paris did just that.
—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
29 June 2026
Portnoy, who travels the country giving one-bite reviews that can make or break a business is polished, well dressed (although not usually formal), and has a more traditional, obvious type sense of humor.
—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
The snakehead’s firm white meat has a nice flavor when minimally dressed.
—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
25 June 2026
Skip these tops that typically look dressed down and don’t do much to keep you cool.
—
Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
Inspired by classic dressed hoagies, these sandwiches are filled with peppers, zucchini, eggplant, and red onion and doused in tangy Italian vinaigrette.
—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
25 June 2026
The kale salad, fluffy and delicately dressed, is also getting some buzz now.
—
Peter St. Onge
updated June 24,
Charlotte Observer,
24 June 2026
Rent it on most major platforms Forbidden to enter the stadium, several Iranian women sneak in dressed as men to watch a World Cup qualifying match in the master director Jafar Panahi’s movie about everyday defiance under authoritarianism.
—
Carlos Aguilar,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
Verb
In September 2025, Kiara Jenkins was preparing to leave for a trip to Atlanta with friends when Eddie Jenkins showed up at her home dressed all in black with his hood up and confronted her about the trip, prosecutors said.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Pigs are cooked whole over wood, broken down, and then dressed with a mixture of cider vinegar, salt, black pepper, and crushed red pepper.
—
Amethyst Ganaway,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
In December 2024, Brittany and Patrick dressed in costume as Swift and Kelce at a party Kelce threw to celebrate the end of Swift’s Eras Tour.
—
Lisa Gutierrez
july 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 July 2026
Willis dressed either in a police officer’s uniform or a white Navy uniform.
—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Button Gwinnett didn’t want to be in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress in the summer of 1776, and not just because a heat wave gripped the city and delegates dressed in wool and powdered wigs.
—
Adam Van Brimmer,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026
With its stylish squid kids blasting each other while dressed in the freshest urban styles, the Splatoon franchise is Nintendo’s most modern and youthful series.
—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
The team staged an official photograph at the mouth of a fjord, with three longships and the players dressed like Norse warriors; Haaland held a sword.
—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
30 June 2026
Prior to her and Pelphrey making the red carpet event into a date night, the pair — who got engaged in August 2024 — celebrated their first child's arrival with a baby shower blowout that saw Cuoco dressed in a hot pink outfit.
—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dressed
Adjective
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Australian authorities have arrested and charged the country's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, 47, with five war crime murders allegedly committed during the war in Afghanistan.
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The decorated skier suffered back-to-back injuries in the last month.
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Pino is seen in the footage shirtless, in shorts and with his head bandaged.
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Both players had their heads bandaged and were substituted, for Chris Wood and Filip Jorgenson, after a stoppage of around five minutes.
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In the photos, Blondeau is seen in her characteristic bun adorned with flowers and white cape-overlay gown, holding a calla lily bouquet.
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Models’ hair — some adorned with a colorful butterfly — at Sean Suen looked windswept.
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My picks include travel-friendly outfits that won’t wrinkle in your suitcase, sets that are polished enough to wear to dinner, and easy errand-running duos that take the stress out of getting dressed in the morning—all starting at just $15.
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The relaxed tank and wide-leg pants feel comfortable enough for a flight, but the silhouette looks polished enough for lunch, sightseeing, or an impromptu dinner reservation.
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Its interior walls were clad in marble.
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In the post, Anne Hathaway, clad in all white, walks into the frame with her arms crossed over her belly.
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Indeed, Green throws off a kind of 1970s Wonder Woman vibe at times, especially given how she is costumed by Theresa Ham, and that adds to the fun.
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Some of the episode’s interiors were built alongside the regular Widow’s Bay sets, so breaks for her –– while costumed in 18th century clothing –– were spent taking a breather on a city hall desk or lounging on a couch that would certainly be out of place in 1702.
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Instead, her popularity grew steadily before exploding during her breakthrough run to the Miami Open semifinals as a wild card last spring.
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More than 120 campers and rafters were evacuated from a stretch of the Colorado River over the weekend of June 27 as one of more than a dozen large wildfires grew rapidly in the West.
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The Kansas City brewery is calling it the Boulevard Yard, meant to feel like a decked out backyard.
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Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, Nas and Tracy Morgan are all decked out in their Knicks best for Game Four of the NBA Finals on June 10 in New York City.
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