dress

Pronunciation

• enPR: drĕs, IPA ^(key): /drɛs/

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Noun

Singular dress

Plural dresses

A young woman wearing a red dress

1. (countable) A dress is a loose cloth covering a woman's body. The lower part is like a skirt. The top part is like a shirt.

   She looked beautiful because she had a very nice dress.

   Ball gowns and party frocks are dresses for special occasions.

Verb

Plain form dress

Third-person singular dresses

Past tense dressed

Past participle dressed

Present participle dressing

1. (transitive) To put clothes on something.
   • Antonym: undress

   I dressed my little sister for school this morning.

2. (intransitive) To put clothes on yourself.

   I just need to dress and then we can go.

3. (transitive) To prepare the surface of a material (usually stone or lumber).
4. To cover a wound with a bandage.

   That cut looks really bad. Here, let me dress it

5. (transitive) To prepare food for cooking, especially by seasoning it.