What is the meaning of dress?

noun

• A one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice.
  • synonyms: frock
• Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion.
  • usage: "formal attire"; "battle dress"
  • synonyms: attire, garb
• Clothing in general.
  • usage: "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress"
  • synonyms: apparel, wearing apparel, clothes

verb

• Put on clothes.
  • usage: "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself"
  • synonyms: get dressed
• Provide with clothes or put clothes on.
  • usage: "Parents must feed and dress their child"
  • synonyms: clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
• Put a finish on.
  • usage: "dress the surface smooth"
• Dress in a certain manner.
  • usage: "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"
  • synonyms: dress up
• Dress or groom with elaborate care.
  • usage: "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
  • synonyms: preen, primp, plume
• Kill and prepare for market or consumption.
  • usage: "dress a turkey"
  • synonyms: dress out
• Arrange in ranks.
  • usage: "dress troops"
  • synonyms: line up
• Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods.
  • synonyms: trim, garnish
• Provide with decoration.
  • usage: "dress the windows"
  • synonyms: decorate
• Put a dressing on.
  • usage: "dress the salads"
• Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
  • usage: "dress the plants in the garden"
  • synonyms: snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, prune, cut back
• Cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width.
• Convert into leather.
  • usage: "dress the tanned skins"
• Apply a bandage or medication to.
  • usage: "dress the victim's wounds"
• Give a neat appearance to.
  • usage: "groom the dogs"; "dress the horses"
  • synonyms: groom, curry
• Arrange attractively.
  • usage: "dress my hair for the wedding"
  • synonyms: arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe, coiffure

adjective

• Suitable for formal occasions.
  • usage: "formal wear"; "a full-dress uniform"; "dress shoes"
  • synonyms: full-dress
• Of an occasion. ( requiring formal clothes)
  • usage: "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony"
  • synonyms: full-dress