dress up

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verb

1. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive (Freq. 5)
- She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
- 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:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s (for: overdress)
2. make something appear superficially attractive (Freq. 1)
- The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data
- Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth
• Syn:
window-dress
• Hypernyms:
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. put a caparison on
- 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:
- Somebody ----s something
4. dress in a certain manner
- She dresses in the latest Paris fashion
- 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:
- Somebody ----s PP
5. dress in a costume
- 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:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody