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▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
▸ verb:  (specifically) To attire (oneself or someone) for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
▸ verb:  To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).
▸ verb:  To arrange or style (someone's hair).
▸ verb:  (also figuratively) To adorn or ornament (something).
▸ verb:  To arrange a display of goods in, or to decorate (a shop or shop window).
▸ verb:  (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.
▸ verb:  To apply a dressing to or otherwise treat (a wound); (obsolete) to give (a wounded person) medical aid.
▸ verb:  To fit or prepare (something) for use; to render (something) suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
▸ verb:  To prepare, treat, or curry (animal hide or leather).
▸ verb:  (especially of ores) To prepare by any of many types of physical processing (e.g., breaking, crushing, sorting, sieving, controlled burning or heating).
▸ verb:  To prepare the surface of (a material, such as lumber or stone; a grindstone or grinding wheel).
▸ verb:  (historical or England, regional) To remove chaff or impurities from (flour, grain, etc.) by bolting or sifting, winnowing, and other methods.
▸ verb:  (fishing) To prepare (an artificial fly) to be attached to a fish hook.
▸ verb:  (agriculture, horticulture) To cultivate or tend to (a garden, land, plants, etc.); especially, to add fertilizer or manure to (soil); to fertilize, to manure.
▸ verb:  (butchering) To cut up (an animal or its flesh) for food.
▸ verb:  (cooking) To prepare (food) for cooking or eating, especially by seasoning it; specifically, to add a dressing or sauce (to food, especially a salad).
▸ verb:  (film, television, theater)
▸ verb:  To design, make, or prepare costumes (for a play or other performance); also, to present (a production) in a particular costume style.
▸ verb:  To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.
▸ verb:  (military) To arrange (soldiers or troops) into proper formation; especially, to adjust (soldiers or troops) into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other; to align.
▸ verb:  (Northern England, archaic) To treat (someone) in a particular manner; specifically, in an appropriate or fitting manner; (by extension, ironic) to give (someone) a deserved beating; also, to give (someone) a good scolding; to dress down.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To break in and train (a horse or other animal) for use.
▸ verb:  (reflexive, intransitive, obsolete) To prepare (oneself); to make ready.
▸ verb:  (intransitive)
▸ verb:  To put on clothes.
▸ verb:  (specifically) To attire oneself for a particular (especially formal) occasion, or in a fashionable manner.
▸ verb:  Of a thing: to attain a certain condition after undergoing some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use.
▸ verb:  (euphemistic, chiefly in the tailoring context) To allow one's penis to fall to one side or the other within one's trousers.
▸ verb:  (butchering) Of an animal carcass: to have a certain quantity or weight after removal of the internal organs and skin; also, to have a certain appearance after being cut up and prepared for cooking.
▸ verb:  (military, sometimes imperative as a drill command) Of soldiers or troops: to arrange into proper formation; especially, to form into straight lines and at a proper distance from each other.
▸ verb:  (sports) Of a sportsperson: to put on the uniform and have the equipment needed to play a sport.
▸ noun:  (countable)
▸ noun:  An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.
▸ noun:  (archaic) An item of outer clothing or set of such clothes (worn by people of all sexes) which is generally decorative and appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
▸ noun:  (uncountable)
▸ noun:  Apparel or clothing, especially when appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.
▸ noun:  (archaic) The act of putting on clothes, especially fashionable ones, or for a particular (especially formal) occasion.
▸ noun:  (by extension)
▸ noun:  The external covering of an animal (for example, the feathers of a bird) or an object.
▸ noun:  The appearance of an object after it has undergone some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use; finish.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) The external appearance of something, especially if intended to give a positive impression; garb, guise.
▸ noun:  (archaic, historical) The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) The act of applying a dressing to or otherwise treating a wound; also, the dressing so applied.
▸ verb:  (slang) Ellipsis of cross-dress. [To wear clothes typically associated with the opposite sex.]
▸ noun:  (film, television, theater) Ellipsis of dress rehearsal. [(theater) A rehearsal prior to a public spectacle, where all the performers are in costume, in order to test all aspects of the production by closely reproducing the actual conditions of a performance.]

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