Dress

Noun

 * 1)  An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which covers the upper part of the body as well as below the waist.
 * 2)  Apparel, clothing.

Verb

 * 1)  To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or somebody).
 * 2)  To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
 * 3)  Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers.
 * 4)  To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
 * 5)  To bandage (a wound).
 * 6)  To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
 * 7)  To prepare oneself; to make ready.

Adjectives for Dress
tailored; elegant; romantic; loose; glittering; quaint; rainy day; ragged; olive-green; outdoor; red; tulle; ballerina; becoming; masculine; fitted; boyish; convenient; hideous; fleshly; enchanting; rustic; indecent; shiny; wretched; flattering; versatile; foppish; manly; similar; alluring; gingham; incomparable; fetching; charming; daring; motley; luxurious; trim; exquisite; gorgeous; delicious; evening; sky-blue; conventional; simple; starched; stiff; immaculate; adorable; homely; conspicuous; sophisticated; gauzy;  filmy; gleaming; dishevelled; faded; dirty; frumpy; torn; crumpled; rumpled; flecked; queer; shabby; tattered; muslin; voile; serge; bridal; ostentatious; proper;  irreproachable; azure; alpaca; holiday; low-necked; traveling; brocade; silk; hand-embroidered; ceremonial; wedding; picturesque; metal; native; turquoise; satin; fringed; beaded; buckskin; fluttering; flowing; insufficient; favorite; voluminous; old-style; detailed; antediluvian; unpretending; flaunting; shaggy; scant; plain; sumptuous; tight-fitting; sober; decorous; splendid; fantastical; ecclesiastical; airy; clean; yellow; fresh; somber; different; good-looking; extraordinary; school-girlish; flowered; varicolored; trailing; made-over; soft; sheer; identical; suitable; frivolous; flame; nondescript; gaudy; dazzling; cute; vivid; wearable; outlandish; martial; orchestral; distinctive; well-made; exceptional; fashionable; tinted; gala; lively; rich; basic; bloody; negligent; obsolete; impeccable;

Verbs for Dress
adorn—; ban—; complete—; delight in— don—; fancy—; fray—; gather—es; hem— iron—; long for—; pleat—; shorten—; stitch—; straighten—; —befits; —clings; —rustles.

Adverbs for Dress
sparsely; impecuniously; exquisitely; ravishingly; punctiliously; fastidiously; extravagantly; flamboyantly; garishly; gaudily; flashily; uninvitingly; smartly; opulently; alluringly; superfluously; tastefully; picturesquely; gorgeously; expensively; impeccably; conservatively; fashionably; resplendently; somberly; foppishly; fantastically; drably; identically; ostentatiously; modestly; primitively; brilliantly; scrupulously; fetchingly; daringly; trimly; immaculately; dishevelledly; ceremonially; ecclesiastically; nondescriptly; distinctively; martially; obsoletely; negligently; rustically; shabbily; gallantly.

Synonyms for Dress
verb
 * clothe
 * get dressed
 * bandage, put a bandage on, put a dressing on
 * bandage, put a bandage on, put a dressing on

noun
 * clothes, attire, apparel, garments, costume, raiment, habit, frock, gown, uniform, vestments, robes, habiliments, appearance, array.

Antonyms for Dress
verb
 * strip, undress
 * disrobe, get undressed, strip, undress

noun
 * undress, disarray, bareness

Derived terms

 * dress down
 * dressed
 * dresser
 * dressing
 * dress out
 * dress up
 * undress


 * dress code
 * dress rehearsal
 * dress shirt
 * nightdress
 * wedding dress

Thesaurus
accouter, adorn, anoint, apparel, appoint, arm, armory, arrange, array, attire, backset, badge, badge of office, badges, ballet skirt, bandage, bathe, baton, bawl out, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, bedizenment, bedrape, beeswax, berate, bib and tucker, bind, blazon, blazonry, bless, brassard, brush up, buff, bundle up, burnish, butcher, button, camouflage, cap and gown, care for, castigate, chain, chain of office, cheongsam, chew out, chiton, clad, class ring, clean, clear for action, clear the decks, clothe, clothes, clothing, cockade, cocktail dress, collar, color, costume, crinoline, cross, culottes, cultivate, culture, cure, cut, dab, dandify, daub, deck, deck out, decorate, decoration, delve, deploy, diagnose, dig, dight, dirndl, disguise, dizen, doctor, doll up, drag, drape, drapery, dress down, dress up, dresses, dressing, dub, dud, duds, eagle, embellish, emblazon, emblems, embrocate, embroider, enclothe, endue, enrich, enrobe, enshroud, ensigns, envelop, enwrap, equalize, equip, even, fallow, fasces, fashion, fatigues, fatten, feathers, fecundify, fertilize, fettle, fig, fig out, figurehead, fit, fit out, fit up, fix, fix up, flatten, fleur-de-lis, flux, force, frock, fructify, full skirt, furbish, furnish, garb, garment, garments, garnish, gear, get ready, give care to, glycerolate, gown, grace, grade, grass skirt, grease, grease the wheels, groom, guise, gussy up, gut, habiliment, habiliments, habilitate, habit, hammer and sickle, harrow, heal, heel, heraldry, hobble skirt, hoe, impregnate, inseminate, insignia, invest, investiture, investment, jumper, jupe, kilt, kirtle, labor, lap, lapel pin, lard, lay, level, linen, list, livery, lubricate, mace, make arrangements, make preparations, make ready, man, manicure, mantle, mantua, manure, markings, marshal, masquerade, massage, maxiskirt, medal, medicate, microskirt, midiskirt, miniskirt, minister to, mobilize, mortarboard, mow, muffle up, mulch, munition, muu-muu, nurse, oil, old school tie, operate on, ornament, outfit, overdress, paint, pannier, peplum, petticoat, physic, pin, pinafore, plan, plane, planish, plaster, plow, plume, polish, pomade, poultice, prank, prank up, prearrange, preen, prep, prepare, pretreat, prettify, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, process, prolificate, provide, prune, purge, put in shape, rag out, rags, raiment, rake, ready, ready up, rebuke, redecorate, redo, refurbish, regalia, remedy, reprimand, reprove, rig, rig out, rig up, ring, robe, robes, rose, rub, rub up, sack, salve, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, sari, sarong, school ring, scold, set off, set out, settle preliminaries, shamrock, shave, sheath, sheathe, shine, shirtdress, shroud, sigillography, skirt, skull and crossbones, slaughter, slick, slick on, slit skirt, smarten, smarten up, smear, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, smooth the way, soap the ways, spade, sphragistics, splint, sportswear, spruce up, staff, strap, style, suit, swaddle, swastika, swathe, tan, tartan, tea gown, tell off, tend, thin, thin out, things, thistle, threads, tie, till, till the soil, tire, titivate, togs, toilette, tongue-lash, treat, trick out, trick up, trim, try out, turn out, tutu, unguent, uniform, upbraid, verge, vestment, vesture, wand, wax, wear, wearing apparel, weed, weed out, work, wrap, wrap up

Etymology
From <  dresser:, drescer:, drecier: <  * undefined:, an assumed frequentive <  directus:, perfect passive participle of dirigo:, from dis-: + rego:.

Noun

 * Arabic: ثوب, لباس, فستان
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: vistíu
 * Breton: sae
 * Bulgarian: рокля
 * Catalan: vestit
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 連衣裙, 连衣裙, 著裝, 着装, 女服, 服裝, 服装
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kjole, beklædning, påklædning
 * Dutch: jurk, gewaad , kleed
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, puku
 * French:
 * Georgian: კაბა
 * German: Kleid (de)
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: पोशाक
 * Hungarian:, öltözék,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: gúna


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ワンピース, ドレス, 服
 * Korean: 드레스
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: kleita
 * Lithuanian: suknelė
 * Maltese:
 * Navajo: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: لباس
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: rochie, rochii
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: lèineag, casag mhòr , gùn
 * Sichuan Yi:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Taos: pána
 * Telugu: దుస్తులు, బట్టలు
 * Vietnamese: áo dài (phụ nữ)
 * Vietnamese: áo dài (phụ nữ)


 * Arabic: كسوة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: облекло
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 服裝, 服装, 衣服
 * Czech:
 * Danish: dragt
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, puku,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: לבוש
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic:, fatnaður,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 衣服
 * Latvian: apģērbs, tērps
 * Lithuanian: drabužis, apdaras, rūbai
 * Norwegian: klær
 * Persian: لباس
 * Polish: strój, ubiór
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: одежда, платье
 * Scottish Gaelic: èideadh
 * Swedish: dress, dräkt, kläder, klädsel, kostym, toalett
 * Vietnamese:

Verb

 * Finnish: varustautua, varautua


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: vestir
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: obléknout
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, pukeutua
 * French:
 * German: kleiden, ankleiden, anziehen
 * Guaraní: monde
 * Hebrew: הלביש
 * Hungarian: öltöztet
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 服を着せる
 * Latin: vestio
 * Latvian: apģērbt, saģērbt
 * Lithuanian: rengti, aprengti
 * Maltese: tlibes
 * Norwegian:
 * Pashto:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: одевать ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sgeadaich
 * Sotho: apara (upper body),  (legs and hands)
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: klä, kläda
 * Telugu: ధరింపజేయు (dhariMpajaeyu)
 * Vietnamese: mặc (quần áo)


 * Afrikaans: self aantrek
 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian: обличам се
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 穿衣, 穿衣服
 * Czech: obléknout se
 * Danish: klæde sig på
 * Dutch: zich aankleden, zich kleden
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: anziehen
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: öltözik, öltözködik
 * Icelandic: klæða sig
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 服を着る


 * Latin: vestior
 * Latvian: apģērbties, saģērbties
 * Lithuanian: apsirengti, rengtis
 * Maltese: libbes
 * Norwegian: kle på seg
 * Pashto:
 * Polish: ubierać się
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:,  одеться
 * Sotho: apara (upper body), tena (legs and hands)
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: klä sig, klä om, klä om sig
 * Telugu: ధరించు (dhariMchu)
 * Vietnamese: mặc quần áo, ăn mặc (esp. to dress up, def. 1)


 * Finnish: pitää


 * Afrikaans: voorberei
 * Danish: afrette, afpudse, behandle, ordne, pudse, tilhøvle, tilhugge
 * Finnish:
 * Irish: cóirigh


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: appretera, bearbeta, bereda, hugga jämn, hyvla, preparera, putsa, slipa, tukta
 * Vietnamese:


 * Afrikaans: versorg
 * Bulgarian: превързвам
 * Finnish:


 * Swahili:
 * Vietnamese: băng bó, đắp thuốc


 * Afrikaans: voorberei
 * Finnish:


 * Swahili:
 * Vietnamese: sửa soạn, nêm (to season food)