dress
dress is a 5-letter English word with 34 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.
- transitive verb. To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks.
- transitive verb. To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part.
- transitive verb. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them.
- transitive verb. To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.
- transitive verb. To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck.
- transitive verb. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.
- intransitive verb. To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress!
- intransitive verb. To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly.
- noun. That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel.
- noun. A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress.
- noun. Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it.
- noun. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
- noun. clothing in general
"she was refined in her choice of apparel"
"he always bought his clothes at the same store"
- noun. clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
"formal attire"
"battle dress"
- noun. a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
- verb. arrange attractively
"dress my hair for the wedding"
- verb. dress or groom with elaborate care
"She likes to dress when going to the opera"
- verb. dress in a certain manner
"She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"
"he dressed up in a suit and tie"
- verb. give a neat appearance to
"groom the dogs"
"dress the horses"
- verb. put on clothes
"we had to dress quickly"
"dress the patient"
- verb. provide with clothes or put clothes on
"Parents must feed and dress their child"
- verb. apply a bandage or medication to
"dress the victim's wounds"
- verb. convert into leather
"dress the tanned skins"
- verb. kill and prepare for market or consumption
"dress a turkey"
- verb. cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
- verb. put a finish on
"dress the surface smooth"
- verb. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"dress the plants in the garden"
- verb. put a dressing on
"dress the salads"
- verb. provide with decoration
"dress the windows"
- verb. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- verb. arrange in ranks
"dress troops"
- adjective. (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes
"a dress dinner"
"a full-dress ceremony"
- adjective. suitable for formal occasions
"formal wear"
"a full-dress uniform"
Synonyms
apparel, clothes, attire, garb, frock, arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, set, plume, preen, primp, curry, groom, clothe, enclothe, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog, clip, crop
Common word forms
dressed, dresser, dresses, dressing
Words from these letters
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