<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.</li><li>Synonyms: frock.</li><li>clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful.</li><li>Synonyms: habiliments, vestments, garments, habit, clothes, attire, raiment.</li><li>formal attire.</li><li>a particular form of appearance; guise.</li><li>outer covering, as the plumage of birds.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of or for a dress or dresses.</li><li>of or for a formal occasion.</li><li>requiring formal dress.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li><p>(used with object)</p><ul><li>dressed or (Obsolete) drest, dressing.</li><li>to put clothing upon.</li><li>Synonyms: garb, robe, clothe.</li><li>to put formal or evening clothes on.</li><li>to trim; ornament; adorn: to dress a store window; to dress a Christmas tree.</li><li>to design clothing for or sell clothes to.</li><li>to comb out and do up (hair).</li><li>to cut up, trim, and remove the skin, feathers, viscera, etc., from (an animal, meat, fowl, or flesh of a fowl) for market or for cooking (often followed by out when referring to a large animal): We dressed three chickens for the dinner. He dressed out the deer when he got back to camp.</li><li>to prepare (skins, fabrics, timber, stone, ore, etc.) by special processes.</li><li>to apply medication or a dressing to (a wound or sore).</li><li>to make straight; bring (troops) into line: to dress ranks.</li><li>to make (stone, wood, or other building material) smooth.</li><li>to cultivate (land, fields, etc.).</li><li>Theater: to arrange (a stage) by effective placement of properties, scenery, actors, etc.</li><li>to ornament (a vessel) with ensigns, house flags, code flags, etc.: The bark was dressed with masthead flags only.</li><li>Angling: to prepare or bait (a fishhook) for use.</li><li>to prepare (bait, especially an artificial fly) for use.</li><li>Printing: to fit (furniture) around and between pages in a chase prior to locking it up.</li><li>to supply with accessories, optional features, etc.: to have one's new car fully dressed.</li></ul></li><li><p>(used without object)</p><ul><li>dressed or (Obsolete) drest, dressing.</li><li>to clothe or attire oneself; put on one's clothes: Wake up and dress, now!</li><li>to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes: to dress for dinner.</li><li>to come into line, as troops.</li><li>to align oneself with the next soldier, marcher, dancer, etc., in line.</li></ul></li><li><p>Verb Phrase</p><ul><li>to reprimand; scold.</li><li>to thrash; beat.</li><li>to dress informally or less formally: to dress down for the shipboard luau.</li><li>to put on one's best or fanciest clothing; dress relatively formally: They were dressed up for the Easter parade.</li><li>to dress in costume or in another person's clothes: to dress up in Victorian clothing; to dress up as Marie Antoinette.</li><li>to embellish or disguise, especially in order to make more appealing or acceptable: to dress up the facts with colorful details.</li></ul></li></ul>