dress
To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
Other meanings
To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).
To arrange or style (someone's hair).
Synonyms
- get dressed
Related words
- dressable
- hairdress
- hairdresser
- outdress
- overdress
- redress
- underdress
- xdress
- dress down
- dress the part
- dresser
- dress off
Word history
From Old French "dresser".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dress” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.