Dress /(drĕs)/

Dress

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Dressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dressing

  1. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order. [Obs.]
    At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to dress thy ways.
    To Grisild again will I me dresse.
  2. 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. (Mil.)
  3. To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part. (Med.)
  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.
    And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it.
    — Gen. ii. 15.
    When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn incense.
    — Ex. xxx. 7.
    Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed.
    Dressing their hair with the white sea flower.
    If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form.
  5. To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.
  6. 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.
    Dressed myself in such humility.
    Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return.
  7. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.

Phrases & Compounds
To dress up
to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously.
To dress a ship
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.

Dress

v. i.
  1. To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Dress right, dress! (Mil.)
  2. To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly.
    To flaunt, to dress, to dance, to thrum.

Phrases & Compounds
To dress to the right
to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide.

Dress

n.
  1. That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel.
  2. A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress.
  3. Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it.
    Men of pleasure, dress, and gallantry.
  4. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone. (Milling)

Phrases & Compounds
Dress parade
a parade in full uniform for review.