dresses up

present tense third-person singular of dress up
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to make more desirable dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dresses up
Verb
  • Rooker unsurprisingly embraces the lunacy of his character, who dresses in Native American drag and tastes bird poop to track his prey.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
  • White leather forms the majority of the upper and likewise dresses the midsole, while the outsole, lining and elephant take on the citrus color.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario and becomes a servant to Duke Orsino (Khris Davis).
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Denzel plays the earnest private with a secret with a smart, eager-to-please manner that disguises the cunning and danger underneath.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That average fee, however, masks a wide variation.
    Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The humor barely masks his fear.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Guests arrive via a winding, jungle-like path that conceals the building from view until the final turn, when the view suddenly opens to a giant round portico, four stories high and 120 feet across that appears to float despite its 3,000-ton weight.
    Katharina Kotrba, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Find those iconic horses emblazoned in silver onto the oakwood base of their Dry Air Diffuser, which conceals a discrete fan and ventilation system.
    Austa Somvichian-Clausen, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Samsung’s latest deal sweetens the pot for anyone looking to upgrade their buds.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Growing carrots in cool weather sweetens their flavor.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Safari now hides all data that third-party snoopers can use to detect your digital fingerprint.
    Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But outside of the ring, Christy hides and represses her lesbianism and winds up marrying her trainer Jim Martin (Ben Foster), who manipulates and physically abuses her.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Enrique Iglesias Climbs Everywhere The same compilation also improves on the Top Latin Albums chart, which is more competitive than the more specific Top Latin Pop Albums tally.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Each piece of evidence, Lane and other experts said, greatly improves law enforcement’s chances of identifying the suspect.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Accomplishing this will pave the way for AI agents to hit the mainstream in a safe way that enhances our lives rather than exposes us to risks.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The material enhances performance The team elucidated the material’s mechanism through a series of experimental analyses, including solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy, electron spin resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Dresses up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dresses%20up. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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