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21dress — n 1. frock, gown, robe; outfit, suit, ensemble, costume, Inf. getup. 2. clothing, clothes, apparel, wearing apparel, garb, attire; raiment, vestments, habit, habiliments, Inf. gear, Inf. toggery, Inf. togs, Inf. duds, Sl. threads, Sl. rags;… …
22Dress uniform — See military uniform and full dress for wider coverage of dress uniforms. Students from the École Polytechnique, during the Bastille Day Military Parade, in full dress uniform …
23Dress code (Western) — Western dress codes Formal wear Formal Semi formal Informal Smart casual Business casual Casual Active attire …
24DRESS — In the Bible The biblical terms for clothing (Heb. בֶּגֶד, beged; כְּסוּת, kesut; לְבוּשׁ, levush) and the corresponding verbs are employed in connection with the cover of the body for warmth or reasons of modesty. Extensive use is also made of… …
25Dress shirt — Charvet dress shirt from the 1930s, Norsk Folkemeuseum, Oslo. A shirt, or dress shirt in American English, (also button front, button down, or button up shirt) is a garment with a collar, a full length opening at the front from the collar to the… …
26dress — Synonyms and related words: Mother Hubbard, accouter, adorn, anoint, apparel, appoint, arm, armory, arrange, array, attire, backset, badge, badge of office, badges, ballet skirt, bandage, bathe, baton, bawl out, beautify, bedeck, bedizen,… …
27dress — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French drescer, dresser to direct, put right, Vulgar Latin *directiare, from Latin directus direct, past participle of dirigere to direct, from dis + regere to lead straight more at right Date: 14th… …
28dress down — verb 1. censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑ …
29dress up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. primp, dress for dinner, deck out, spruce up, doll up*, spiff up*, dude up*, fix up, trick out, trick up*, gussy up*, put on the dog*; see also dress 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To dress in formal or special… …
30dress — 1. verb 1) he dressed quickly Syn: put on clothes, clothe oneself, get dressed 2) she was dressed in a suit Syn: clothe, attire, garb, deck out, trick out, costume, array, robe; informal get up …
