Dictionary entry details
• DRESS UP (verb)
Meaning:
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
attire; trick up; trick out; tog up; tog out; rig out; gussy up; fig up; fig out; fancy up; dress up; deck up; deck out; overdress; prink; get up
Context examples:
She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera / The young girls were all fancied up for the party
Hypernyms (to "dress up" is one way to...):
dress; get dressed (put on clothes)
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 (put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression)
Also:
dress (put on clothes)
Meaning:
Make something appear superficially attractive
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
window-dress; dress up
Context examples:
The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data / Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth
Hypernyms (to "dress up" is one way to...):
beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Put a caparison on
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
bard; barde; caparison; dress up
Context example:
caparison the horses for the festive occasion
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
Meaning:
Dress in a costume
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
costume; dress up
Context example:
We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Dress in a certain manner
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
dress; dress up
Context examples:
She dresses in the latest Paris fashion / he dressed up in a suit and tie
Hypernyms (to "dress up" is one way to...):
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:
Somebody ----s PP
