Topic: COOKING
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | dresser 'to arrange', from Latin directus 'straight'; DIRECT1 |
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dress2 S2 W2
1 to put clothes on yourself or someone else : 
Aunt Margaret told her to dress herself in her nicest dress.I dress the kids before I go to work. I've got to go home to dress. I dressed quickly. ! In spoken English, it is more usual to say get dressed.
put on clothes
[intransitive and transitive]
Aunt Margaret told her to dress herself in her nicest dress.I dress the kids before I go to work.I've got to go home to dress.I dressed quickly.2 to wear a particular kind of clothes : Dress warmly if you're going out for a walk.
wear clothes
[intransitive]DCDress warmly if you're going out for a walk. dress casually/smartly I spend most of my time in the house with young children, so I dress casually.
I spend most of my time in the house with young children, so I dress casually.3 to make or choose clothes for someone : Versace dressed some of the most famous people in Hollywood.
make/choose clothes
[transitive]DCVersace dressed some of the most famous people in Hollywood.4 to clean, treat, and cover a wound
wound/cut etc
MH [transitive]5 to clean and prepare meat or fish so that it is ready to cook or eat : dressed crab
meat/fish
DFC [transitive]dressed crab6 to put oil, vinegar, salt etc onto a salad
salad
DFC [transitive]8 to stand in a straight line, or to make soldiers do this
soldiers
[intransitive and transitive]PMW technical9 to arrange someone's hair into a special style
hair
[transitive] formalDC10 to prepare or put a special surface onto wood, stone, leather etc
wood/stone etc
TI [transitive] technicaldress down
phrasal verb1DC to wear clothes that are more informal than the ones you would usually wear : In many offices, people dress down on Fridays.
In many offices, people dress down on Fridays.dress up
phrasal verb1DCDL to wear special clothes for fun, or to put special clothes on someone
2DC to wear clothes that are more formal than the ones you would usually wear : It's a small informal party - you don't have to dress up.
It's a small informal party - you don't have to dress up.3 to make something more interesting or attractive : It was the old offer dressed up as something new.
dress something ↔ up
It was the old offer dressed up as something new.