US /ˈdɹɛst/
verb adj Freq #1507

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    Past tense and past participle of dress; wearing clothes.

    The children were dressed in their school uniforms.

  2. 2
    adj

    Wearing smart or formal clothes.

    Everyone was beautifully dressed for the wedding.

  3. 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

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