dressed 音标拼音: [dr'ɛst]
dressed adj 1 :
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire ;
often used in combination ; "
the elegantly attired gentleman ";
"
neatly dressed workers "; "
monks garbed in hooded robes ";
"
went about oddly garmented "; "
professors robed in crimson "; "
tuxedo -
attired gentlemen "; "
crimson -
robed Harvard professors " [
synonym : {
appareled }, {
attired },
{
dressed }, {
garbed }, {
garmented }, {
habilimented },
{
robed }]
2 :
treated with medications and protective covering 3 : (
of lumber or stone )
to trim and smooth [
synonym : {
dressed },
{
polished }]
4 :
dressed in fancy or formal clothing [
synonym : {
dressed (
p )},
{
dressed -
up }, {
dressed to the nines (
p )}, {
dressed to kill (
p )}, {
dolled up }, {
spruced up }, {
spiffed up }, {
togged up }]
Dress \
Dress \ (
dr [
e ^]
s ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Dressed }
(
dr [
e ^]
st )
or {
Drest };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Dressing }.] [
OF .
drecier to make straight ,
raise ,
set up ,
prepare ,
arrange ,
F .
dresser , (
assumed )
LL .
directiare ,
fr .
L .
dirigere ,
directum ,
to direct ;
dis -
regere to rule .
See {
Right },
and cf .
{
Address }, {
Adroit }, {
Direct }, {
Dirge }.]
1 .
To direct ;
to put right or straight ;
to regulate ;
to order . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to dress thy ways . --
Chaucer .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Dress is used reflexively in Old English ,
in sense of "
to direct one '
s step ;
to address one '
s self ."
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1913 Webster ]
To Grisild again will I me dresse . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Mil .)
To arrange in exact continuity of line ,
as soldiers ;
commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance ;
to align ;
as ,
to dress the ranks .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Med .)
To treat methodically with remedies ,
bandages ,
or curative appliances ,
as a sore ,
an ulcer ,
a wound ,
or a wounded or diseased part .
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1913 Webster ]
4 .
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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1913 Webster ]
And the Lord God took the man ,
and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it . --
Gen .
ii .
15 .
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1913 Webster ]
When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense . --
Ex .
xxx .
7 .
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1913 Webster ]
Three hundred horses . . .
smoothly dressed .
--
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
Dressing their hair with the white sea flower .
--
Tennyson .
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1913 Webster ]
If he felt obliged to expostulate ,
he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form .
--
Carlyle .
(
b )
To cut to proper dimensions ,
or give proper shape to ,
as to a tool by hammering ;
also ,
to smooth or finish .
(
c )
To put in proper condition by appareling ,
as the body ;
to put clothes upon ;
to apparel ;
to invest with garments or rich decorations ;
to clothe ;
to deck .
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1913 Webster ]
Dressed myself in such humility . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return . --
Shak .
(
d )
To break and train for use ,
as a horse or other animal .
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1913 Webster ]
{
To dress up }
or {
To dress out },
to dress elaborately ,
artificially ,
or pompously . "
You see very often a king of England or France dressed up like a Julius C [
ae ]
sar ."
--
Addison .
{
To dress a ship } (
Naut .),
to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads ,
and setting the jack forward ;
when dressed full ,
the signal flags and pennants are added . --
Ham .
Nav .
Encyc .
Syn :
To attire ;
apparel ;
clothe ;
accouter ;
array ;
robe ;
rig ;
trim ;
deck ;
adorn ;
embellish .
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1913 Webster ]
dressed \
dressed \
adj .
1 .
same as {
attired }.
Syn :
appareled ,
attired ,
clad ,
garbed ,
garmented ,
habilimented ,
robed .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 PJC ]
2 .
covered with medication or a bandage ; --
of wounds .
Syn :
bandaged .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 PJC ]
3 .
trim and smooth ; --
of lumber or stone .
Syn :
polished .
[
WordNet 1 .
5 PJC ]
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