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Dress up Common

Dress up has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

"She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"

"The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

2

make something appear superficially attractive

"The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"

"Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"

3

put a caparison on

"caparison the horses for the festive occasion"

4

dress in a costume

"We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"

5

dress in a certain manner

"She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"

"he dressed up in a suit and tie"

6

To put on special or fancy clothes.

Example Sentences
"She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera" verb
"The young girls were all fancied up for the party" verb
"The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data" verb
"Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth" verb
"caparison the horses for the festive occasion" verb
"We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins" verb
"She dresses in the latest Paris fashion" verb
"he dressed up in a suit and tie" verb
See Also
clothes kitchen dress to kill prettify costume fancy gussy up dressing up
Related Terms
Antonyms
dress down underdress
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
dress fancify decorate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
preen prank tart up enrobe bedizen vest
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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