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English verb: dress up | |||
| 1. | dress up (body) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | ||
| Samples | She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera. The young girls were all fancied up for the party. | ||
| Synonyms | attire, deck out, deck up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dress, get dressed | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bedizen, dizen, dress, enrobe, plume, prank, preen, primp, tart up | ||
| Verb group | costume, dress, dress up, dress up | ||
| Antonyms | dress down, underdress | ||
| 2. | dress up (change) make something appear superficially attractive | ||
| Samples | The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data. Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth. | ||
| Synonyms | window-dress | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify | ||
| 3. | dress up (creation) put a caparison on | ||
| Samples | Caparison the horses for the festive occasion. | ||
| Synonyms | bard, barde, caparison | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament | ||
| 4. | dress up (body) dress in a costume | ||
| Samples | We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins. | ||
| Synonyms | costume | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog | ||
| Verb group | attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up | ||
| 5. | dress up (body) dress in a certain manner | ||
| Samples | She dresses in the latest Paris fashion. He dressed up in a suit and tie. | ||
| Synonyms | dress | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dress, get dressed | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | vest | ||
| Verb group | attire, deck out, deck up, dress, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get dressed, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up | ||
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