dress :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. 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"

trim, dress, garnish

v. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

ornament, grace, beautify, embellish, adorn, decorate

v. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"

ornament, grace, beautify, embellish, adorn, decorate

v. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"

brush

v. rub with a brush, or as if with a brush; "Johnson brushed the hairs from his jacket"

beautify, embellish, prettify

v. make more beautiful

range, array, set out, lay out

v. lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line; "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"

order, bring order into, bring order to

v. bring order to or into; "Order these files"

dress, decorate

v. provide with decoration; "dress the windows"

cover, apparel, garb, dress, raiment, garment, clothe, enclothe, tog, habilitate, fit out

v. provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"

cut, trim, reduce, cut back, cut down on, cut down, trim down, trim back, make a reduction in, bring down

v. cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

thin, make thinner, make thin

v. make thin or thinner; "Thin the solution"

cut, prune, rationalize

v. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

shave, knock off

v. cut the price of

cut short, truncate

v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

pare, decrease gradually, pare down

v. decrease gradually or bit by bit

attire, get up, prink, overdress, fancy up, trick up, trick out, deck up, tog up, deck out, rig out, tog out, dress up, fig out, fig up, gussy up

v. 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"

deck, bedight, bedeck

v. decorate; "deck the halls with holly"

wear, don, put on, get into

v. put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"

outfit, fit, fit out, equip

v. provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"

cloak, mask, dissemble

v. hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"

trim, dress, garnish

v. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

roll, wind, wrap, encircle, enlace

v. wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"

insulate

v. protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

treat, care for

v. provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

soak, imbue, saturate

v. lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid

Synonyms (32)

ceremonial, solemn

adj. marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb"

conventional, ceremonious

adj. rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

form-only

adj. being a matter of form only; lacking substance; "a form-only requirement that is usually ignored"

dress, full-dress

adj. suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full-dress uniform"; "dress shoes"

nominal, titular

adj. existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party"

positive, prescribed

adj. formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws"

perfunctory, pro forma

adj. as a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election"

semi-formal, black-tie

adj. moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket; "he wore semiformal attire"; "a black-tie dinner"

white-tie

adj. requiring white ties and tailcoats for men; "a white-tie occasion"