Dress Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 3
Dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 4
Dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 5
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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- Get Up
- Trick Out
- Attire
- Overdress
- Deck Out
- Fancy Up
- Tog Up
- Fig Up
- Rig Out
- Deck Up
- Fig Out
- Gussy Up
- Trick Up
- Prink
- Tog Out