dress
12 synonyms and 1 antonym for dress, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To put clothes on yourself or someone else, such as a doll or mannequin.
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Etymology
The PIE word is *dwís. The verb comes from Middle English dressen or dresse (“to arrange, put in order”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French dresser, drecier (modern French dresser), from Late Latin *dīrēctiāre (“to guide, direct”), from Classical Latin dīrēctus, from which English direct also comes; it is further akin t...
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