Sounds | dreh's | |
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Rhymes | ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs... |
Meaning | Suitable for formal occasions. | |
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Synonym | full-dress | |
Broader | formal | In accord / accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) |
Spanish | formal |
Meaning | (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes. | |
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Synonym | full-dress | |
Broader | formal | In accord / accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) |
Meaning | clothing in general. | |
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Example | "fastidious about his dress" | |
Synonyms | apparel, wearing apparel, clothes | |
Narrower | workwear | heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work |
Broader | clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment | A covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
Spanish | atavío, ropa, vestimenta | |
Catalan | indumentària, roba, vestit | |
Verbs | dress | put on clothes |
dress | provide with clothes or put clothes on | |
dress | dress or groom with elaborate care |
Meaning | Put a finish on. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "dress the surface smooth" | |
Broader | finish | Provide with a finish |
Spanish | arreglar, pulir |
Meaning | Dress in a certain manner. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
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Synonym | dress up | |
Narrower | vest | clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments |
Broader | dress, get dressed | Put on clothes |
Similar to | dress, get dressed | Put on clothes |
overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out | Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | |
Spanish | vestir | |
Catalan | vestir | |
Nouns | dress | clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion |
dresser | a person who dresses in a particular way |
Meaning | Dress or groom with elaborate care. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "She likes to dress when going to the opera" | |
Synonyms | preen, primp, plume | |
Broader | overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out | Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive |
Similar to | dress, get dressed | Put on clothes |
Spanish | acicalarse, arreglarse, vestir | |
Catalan | abillar-se, arreglar-se, empolainar-se, vestir | |
Nouns | dress | clothing in general |
Meaning | kill and prepare for market or consumption. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "dress a turkey" | |
Synonym | dress out | |
Entails | kill | Cause to die |
Broader | cook, fix, ready, make, prepare | Prepare for eating by applying heat |
Similar to | dress | put a dressing on |
trim, garnish, dress | decorate (food) , as with parsley or other ornamental foods | |
Nouns | dressing | a mixture / mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables |
Meaning | Arrange in ranks. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Example | "dress troops" | |
Synonym | line up | |
Broader | position | Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation |
Spanish | poner en fila |
Meaning | decorate (food) , as with parsley or other ornamental foods. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | The chefs dress the vegetables | |
Synonyms | trim, garnish | |
Broader | decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour / colour, etc. |
Similar to | dress, dress out | kill and prepare for market or consumption |
dress | put a dressing on | |
Spanish | acompañar, adornar, guarnecer | |
Catalan | acompanyar, adornar, guarnir |
Meaning | Provide with decoration. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "dress the windows" | |
Synonym | decorate | |
Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
Spanish | adornar, decorar, vestir | |
Catalan | adornar, decorar |
Meaning | put a dressing on. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | The chefs dress the vegetables | |
Example | "dress the salads" | |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
Broader | put on, apply | apply to a surface |
Similar to | dress, dress out | kill and prepare for market or consumption |
trim, garnish, dress | decorate (food) , as with parsley or other ornamental foods | |
Spanish | aliñar | |
Nouns | dressing | savory dressings for salads |
Meaning | cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "dress the plants in the garden" | |
Synonyms | snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, prune, cut back | |
Narrower | disbud | thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers |
poll, pollard | convert into a pollard | |
shear | cut with shears | |
top, pinch | cut the top off | |
Broader | thin out | make sparse |
Spanish | podar | |
Catalan | esporgar, podar |
Meaning | cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | pare, trim | Remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size |
Spanish | refinar |
Meaning | convert into leather. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "dress the tanned skins" | |
Broader | convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something |
Nouns | dressing | processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather |
Meaning | apply a bandage or medication to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | Did he dress his foot? | |
Example | "dress the victim's wounds" | |
Category | medicine, practice of medicine | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
Narrower | bandage | Dress by covering or binding |
poultice, plaster | Dress by covering with a therapeutic substance | |
Broader | treat, care for | Provide treatment for |
Spanish | vendar | |
Catalan | embenar | |
Nouns | dressing | the act of applying a bandage |
dressing | a cloth covering for a wound or sore |
Meaning | Give a neat appearance to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They dress the animals | |
Example | "dress the horses" | |
Synonyms | groom, curry | |
Broader | fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify | make more beautiful |
Similar to | dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure | arrange attractively |
Spanish | almohazar, arreglar, asear, cepillar, cuidar | |
Catalan | atendre, estrijolar, raspallar |
Meaning | arrange attractively. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They dress their hair | |
Example | "dress my hair for the wedding" | |
Synonyms | arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure | |
Narrower | bob | cut hair in the style of a bob |
wave | set waves in | |
Broader | groom, neaten | care for one's external appearance |
Similar to | dress, groom, curry | Give a neat appearance to |
Spanish | aderezar, arreglarse el pelo, arreglar, atusar, cardar, marcar, peinar con estilo, peinar | |
Catalan | arranjar, arreglar, empolainar-se, empolistrar-se, endiumenjar-se |
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