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English verb: overdress | |||
| 1. | overdress (body) dress too warmly | ||
| Samples | You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot. | ||
| Synonyms | overclothe | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog | ||
| Antonyms | underdress | ||
| 2. | overdress (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, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, 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 | ||
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