dress up

dress up
verb
1. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive (Freq. 5)
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She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera

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The young girls were all fancied up for the party

• Syn:
↑overdress, ↑fig out, ↑fig up, ↑deck up, ↑gussy up, ↑fancy up, ↑trick up, ↑deck out, ↑trick out, ↑prink, ↑attire, ↑get up, ↑rig out, ↑tog up, ↑tog out
• Ant: ↑dress down, ↑underdress (for: ↑overdress)
• See Also: ↑dress
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rigout (for: ↑rig out), ↑getup (for: ↑get up), ↑attire (for: ↑attire)
• Hypernyms: ↑dress, ↑get dressed
• Hyponyms:
↑preen, ↑primp, ↑plume, ↑dress, ↑prank, ↑tart up, ↑enrobe, ↑bedizen, ↑dizen
• Verb Group: ↑dress, ↑costume
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s

 (for: ↑overdress)
2. make something appear superficially attractive (Freq. 1)
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The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data

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Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth

• Syn: ↑window-dress
• Hypernyms: ↑fancify, ↑beautify, ↑embellish, ↑prettify
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

3. put a caparison on
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caparison the horses for the festive occasion

• Syn: ↑caparison, ↑bard, ↑barde
• Derivationally related forms: ↑bard (for: ↑bard), ↑caparison (for: ↑caparison)
• Hypernyms: ↑decorate, ↑adorn, ↑grace, ↑ornament, ↑embellish, ↑beautify
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

4. dress in a certain manner
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She dresses in the latest Paris fashion

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he dressed up in a suit and tie

• Syn: ↑dress
• Derivationally related forms: ↑dress (for: ↑dress), ↑dresser (for: ↑dress)
• Hypernyms: ↑dress, ↑get dressed
• Hyponyms: ↑vest
• Verb Group:
↑overdress, ↑fig out, ↑fig up, ↑deck up, ↑gussy up, ↑fancy up, ↑trick up, ↑deck out, ↑trick out, ↑prink, ↑attire, ↑get up, ↑rig out, ↑tog up, ↑tog out, ↑dress, ↑get dressed
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s PP

5. dress in a costume
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We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins

• Syn: ↑costume
• Derivationally related forms: ↑costume (for: ↑costume)
• Hypernyms:
↑dress, ↑clothe, ↑enclothe, ↑garb, ↑raiment, ↑tog, ↑garment, ↑habilitate, ↑fit out, ↑apparel
• Verb Group:
↑overdress, ↑fig out, ↑fig up, ↑deck up, ↑gussy up, ↑fancy up, ↑trick up, ↑deck out, ↑trick out, ↑prink, ↑attire, ↑get up, ↑rig out, ↑tog up, ↑tog out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s somebody


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