dress
put on clothes
How often you will meet it
Rank 749 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 25,093 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.012% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- put on clothes also: get dressed we had to dress quicklydress the patient
- provide with clothes or put clothes on also: clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment Parents must feed and dress their child
- put a finish on dress the surface smooth
- dress in a certain manner also: dress up She dresses in the latest Paris fashionhe dressed up in a suit and tie
- dress or groom with elaborate care also: preen, primp, plume She likes to dress when going to the opera
- kill and prepare for market or consumption also: dress out dress a turkey
dress in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The shadow of the vines made a delicate tracery over her white dress.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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And, having finished his inventory: “And you,” he asked his wife: “what dress will you wear?”
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He helped Kit dress, but Kit's clothes were still a little wet in the thick parts.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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She helped Emily to remove her walking dress, and neatly folded away her gloves and veil.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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However, to the young lady herself she said nothing, except suggesting, rather meekly, that it was time to change her dress.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1