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DRESS UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
Example:
The young girls were all fancied up for the party
Synonyms:
attire; deck out; deck up; dress up; fancy up; fig out; fig up; get up; gussy up; overdress; prink; rig out; tog out; tog up; trick out; trick up
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "dress up" is one way to...):
dress; get dressed (put on clothes)
Verb group:
dress; dress up (dress in a certain manner)
costume; dress up (dress in a costume)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dress up"):
dress; plume; preen; primp (dress or groom with elaborate care)
prank (dress up showily)
tart up (dress up in a cheap and provocative way)
enrobe (adorn with a robe)
bedizen; dizen (dress up garishly and tastelessly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
dress down (dress informally and casually)
Also:
dress (put on clothes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dress in a certain manner
Example:
he dressed up in a suit and tie
Synonyms:
dress; dress up
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "dress up" is one way to...):
dress; get dressed (put on clothes)
Verb group:
attire; deck out; deck up; dress up; fancy up; fig out; fig up; get up; gussy up; overdress; prink; rig out; tog out; tog up; trick out; trick up (put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive)
dress; get dressed (put on clothes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dress up"):
vest (clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments)
Sentence frame:
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Sense 3
Meaning:
Dress in a costume
Example:
We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins
Synonyms:
costume; dress up
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "dress up" is one way to...):
apparel; clothe; dress; enclothe; fit out; garb; garment; habilitate; raiment; tog (provide with clothes or put clothes on)
Verb group:
attire; deck out; deck up; dress up; fancy up; fig out; fig up; get up; gussy up; overdress; prink; rig out; tog out; tog up; trick out; trick up (put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 4
Meaning:
Make something appear superficially attractive
Example:
Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth
Synonyms:
dress up; window-dress
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dress up" is one way to...):
beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Put a caparison on
Example:
caparison the horses for the festive occasion
Synonyms:
bard; barde; caparison; dress up
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "dress up" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
