Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of dress.
- v. New Orleans Having a sandwich prepared with several fixings, typically lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. same as attired.
- adj. covered with medication or a bandage ; -- of wounds.
- adj. trim and smooth; -- of lumber or stone.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. treated with medications and protective covering
- adj. dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
- adj. (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
- adj. dressed in fancy or formal clothing
Examples
“Oh, Mr. Hillyard, there was a time when she really dressed -- _dressed_, you understand.”
“LaPensée further wonders about the origin of the expression "dressed to the nines," which means dressed in grand style.”
“Edwin Radford records the expression "dressed up to the knocker," which means dressed in the latest fashion.”
“A Robin dressed as Robin from this Worth 1000 contest.”
“Being alone and immodestly dressed is a deadly combination.”
“At that point, the camera was stopped and the actor departed while a mannequin dressed as Mary was brought in.”
“You have the villain dressed in dark black, and the good guys in white and green.”
The Guardian: Arnold Schwarzenegger flexes muscles to defend climate change law
“I do love the Regency era (have been watching Hornblower on TV of late - Ioan Gruffudd in dressed as a Regency buck would be stunning:)”
Angels' Blood Countdown: Christine Wells - Wicked Little Game ARC
“(His beard will manage the act and the three beard children will be part of the sequin dressed retinue.)”
“A couple of stories stick out amongst many … One organization decided to market my program as a Reverse Strip Tea (as I get dressed from the inside out, not strip from the outside down).”
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Words That Can Be Typed Entirely With...
Words made of the following: qwertasdfgzxcvb. I've stood on the shoulders of giants... users mollusque and reesetee made similar lists before I even existed on Wordnik. :)
stewardesses, red tea, waves, axes, wrest, qat, waver, created, dressed, stress, crater, vexes and 50 more...
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Keyboard Hopscotch
You may start on any key. You may repeat a character, or travel to an adjacent key on the keyboard. On my qwerty keyboard, I may follow s with w, e, d, x, z, a, or (repeating) s. (If you use az...
assert, weeds, trews, treed, sewer, sewed, seeds, sawer, sawed, reeds, erred, asses and 65 more...
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Best words in Beatles songs
kaleidoscope, plasticine, porters, tangerine, marmalade, cellophane, turnstile, marshmallow, lingers, slither, restless, limitless and 91 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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TN5 Lesson 60
reception, soon, dressed, sweetheart, noticed, nightgown, evening gown, lobby, water fountain, left-hand, right-hand, receptionist and 22 more...
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TT1 Lesson 7
Mervyn's, cool, hot, dressed, who, casual, sturdy, as long as, that, indigestion, law, body and 4 more...
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