1. Put on clothes
   "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"; "we had to dress quickly";
   - get dressed
    
2. Provide with clothes or put clothes on
   "Parents must feed and dress their child";
   - clothe, enclothe [rare], garb, raiment [archaic], tog [informal], garment, habilitate [archaic], fit out, apparel [archaic]
    
3. Wear clothes in a certain manner or of a certain style
   "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie";
   - dress up
    
4. Dress or groom with elaborate care
   "She likes to dress when going to the opera";
   - preen, primp, plume
    
5. Give a neat appearance to
   "dress the horses";
   - groom, curry
    
6. Style or arrange hair attractively
   "dress my hair for the wedding";
   - arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure
    
7. (medicine) apply a bandage or medication to
   "dress the victim's wounds"
    
8. Put a finish on
   "dress the surface smooth"
    
9. Provide with decoration
   "dress the windows";
   - decorate
    
10. Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
    "He dressed the salad with edible flowers";
    - trim, garnish
     
11. (cooking) put a dressing on
    "dress the salads"
     
12. Kill and prepare for market or consumption
    "dress a turkey"; "The hunters dressed out the deer before bringing it home";
    - dress out
     
13. Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
    "dress the plants in the garden";
    - snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, prune, cut back
     
14. Cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
    "The carpenter dressed the boards before assembly"
     
15. Arrange in ranks
    "dress troops";
    - line up
     
16. Convert into leather
    "dress the tanned skins"

1. A one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
   "She wore a floral dress to the summer party";
   - frock
    
2. Clothing in general
   "fastidious about his dress";
   - apparel, wearing apparel, clothes, toggery [informal], gear [informal]
    
3. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
   "battle dress";
   - attire, garb

1. Suitable for formal occasions
   "a full-dress uniform"; "dress shoes";
   - full-dress
    
2. (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
   "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony";
   - full-dress

Derived forms: dressing, dresses, dressed

See also: dress down, formal

Type of: adorn, apply, arrange, article of clothing, attire, beautify, care for, change, change state, clothing, convert, cook, decorate, doll up [informal], dress up, duds [informal], embellish, fancify, fancy up [informal], fig out [informal], fig up [informal], finish, fix [informal], get up, grace, groom, gussy up [N. Amer, informal], habiliment [archaic], make, neaten, ornament, pare, position, prepare, prettify, put on, ready, rig out, set up, thin out, threads [informal], tog out [informal], tog up [informal], togs [informal], treat, trick out, trick up, trim, turn, vesture [archaic], wear, wearable, women's clothing

Antonym: peel

Encyclopedia: Dress