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dressed

 adjective
     
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dressed
1

get dressed

DC to put your clothes on:
Go and get dressed!
2DC having your clothes on or wearing a particular type of clothes:
Aren't you dressed yet?
half/fully dressed
She lay down fully dressed on the bed.
smartly/well-/elegantly etc dressed
a very well-dressed young man
dressed in
She was dressed in a two-piece suit.
dressed as
The children came dressed as animals.
3

dressed to kill

informalDC wearing very attractive clothes so that everyone notices and admires you
4

dressed (up) to the nines

informalDC wearing your best or most formal clothes
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