Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people.
- noun An outfit or a disguise worn on Mardi Gras, Halloween, or similar occasions.
- noun A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
- transitive verb To put a costume on; dress.
- transitive verb To design or furnish costumes for.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
custom . - To dress; furnish with a costume; provide appropriate dress for: as, to
costume a play; “costumed in black,” - Reflexively, to put an unusual dress on; dress for a special occasion.
- noun Custom or usage with respect to place and time, as represented in art or literature; distinctive character or habit in action, appearance, dress, etc.; hence, keeping or congruity in representation.
- noun Mode of dressing; external dress.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.
- noun Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described.
- noun A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
style ofdress , includinggarments ,accessories andhairstyle , especially ascharacteristic of a particularcountry ,period orpeople . - noun An
outfit or adisguise worn asfancy dress etc. - noun A
set ofclothes appropriate for a particularoccasion orseason . - verb To
dress oradorn with a costume or appropriategarb .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
- verb furnish with costumes; as for a film or play
- verb dress in a costume
- noun unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place
- noun the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
- noun the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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And yes, that means that I only have 11 days to be struck by creative brilliance, because I still don't have a costume and last time I checked, the invitation to the * costume party* did indicate that it would be preferable to wear a * costume*.
rainandfire Diary Entry rainandfire 2001
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Our tradition of collecting candy in costume is mere child's play to Roman Catholic countries.
Day of the Dead celebrations across the world (Photos) Melissa Bell 2010
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But it still took two shocks for DC Comics to rethink the Robin costume from the bottom up.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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And I agree with LucaStefan, the Robin costume is perfect for that.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s Comic: “The Wrong Idea” 2007
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The dirty white of his costume is the token of his inferiority.
The House Beautiful 2010
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I don't get why her costume is any worse than the painted on costume Hal Jordan wears.
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Naturally I love this, your costume is the most impressive one but I also adore the rabbit and the mad hatter.
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Rather than wearing it for symbolic purposes or to hide his identity, the costume is his power and also his life support machine.
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She did what she called a costume test, but it wasreally sort of introducing us to our world.
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The other three members of Os Trapalhões take on the roles of the Oz-bound characters: Zacarias as the Scarecrow (with long straw blonde hair and heavy make-up, strangely resembling Sylvia Miles), Mussum as the Tin Man (his costume is an industrial tin drum) and Dede Santana as the Lion (his costume is a brown afro and a furry vest with a tail hanging from its backside).
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2003
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