dressed A2 Topic:Clothing & Appearance US /ˈdɹɛst/ See IPA manual Freq #1507 Meanings 1 verb Past tense and past participle of dress; wearing clothes. The children were dressed in their school uniforms. 2 adj Wearing smart or formal clothes. Everyone was beautifully dressed for the wedding. 3 adj (of food) Served with a sauce or dressing. She ordered a green salad dressed with olive oil. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · wearing smart or formal... dressed-updressed to the nines More clothedraimented Word family Derived forms all-dressedbrain-dressedevening-dressedfull-dressedhalfdressedhammer-dressedmorning-dressednondressedoverdressedpower-dressedrough-dressedunderdressed Common collocations appropriately dressed Adverb + adjective beautifully dressed Adverb + adjective dressed casually Verb + adverb warmly dressed Adverb + adjective neatly dressed Adverb + adjective smartly dressed Adverb + adjective Topics Clothing & Appearance Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # dressed **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** verb, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈdɹɛst/ **Frequency rank:** 1507 ## Meanings 1. Past tense and past participle of dress; wearing clothes. 2. Wearing smart or formal clothes. 3. (of food) Served with a sauce or dressing. ## Examples - The children were dressed in their school uniforms. - Everyone was beautifully dressed for the wedding. - She ordered a green salad dressed with olive oil. ## Synonyms - clothed - raimented ## Derived Forms - all-dressed - brain-dressed - evening-dressed - full-dressed - halfdressed - hammer-dressed - morning-dressed - nondressed - overdressed - power-dressed - rough-dressed - underdressed ## Topics - Clothing & Appearance - Register & Style markdown