Definition of dress

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Dress (v. t.) To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them..

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Proper :: Proper (a.) Befitting one's nature, qualities, etc.; suitable in all respect; appropriate; right; fit; decent; as, water is the proper element for fish; a proper dress..
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..
Bowne :: Bowne (v. t.) To make ready; to prepare; to dress.
Coiffure :: Coiffure (n.) A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair..
Egret :: Egret (n.) A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament; an aigrette..
Sateen :: Sateen (n.) A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin..
Regimentals :: Regimentals (n. pl.) The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense.
Camis :: Camis (n.) A light, loose dress or robe..
Gayety :: Gayety (a.) Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress..
Father :: Father (n.) A respectful mode of address to an old man.
Banquette :: Banquette (n.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.
Apparel :: Apparel (v. t.) To dress or clothe; to attire.
Dressing :: Dressing (n.) An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress..
Primp :: Primp (a.) To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up.
Sabbaton :: Sabbaton (n.) A round-toed, armed covering for the feet, worn during a part of the sixteenth century in both military and civil dress..
Surfboat :: Surfacer (n.) A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc..
Sauce :: Sauce (n.) A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc..
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus..
Suit :: Suit (v. t.) To dress; to clothe.
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