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dress up

/ dress up /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
"She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"
"The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
Opposites:
dress down underdress
Type of:
dress get dressed
Kinds of:
preen primp plume dress prank
Derived:
rigout outfit getup rig turnout
Verb group:
dress costume
See also:
dress get dressed
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 2
make something appear superficially attractive
"The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"
"Don''t try to dress up the unpleasant truth"
Type of:
beautify embellish prettify
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
dress in a certain manner
"She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"
"he dressed up in a suit and tie"
Type of:
dress get dressed
Kinds of:
vest
Derived:
attire garb dress dresser
Verb group:
fig out fig up deck up gussy up fancy up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
dress in a costume
"We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
Type of:
dress clothe enclothe
Derived:
costume
Verb group:
fig out fig up deck up gussy up fancy up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
put a caparison on
"caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
Type of:
decorate adorn grace
Derived:
bard caparison trapping trappings housing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
60%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
50
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

dress get dressed preen primp plume prank dress down underdress beautify embellish prettify vest