Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈdɹɛst/
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ˈdɹɛst
Adjective
Having been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared.
Usage- not-comparable
Prepared for eating, especially by the addition of specific condiments or dressing.
Usage- not-comparable
Wearing clothes; attired (now often with qualifying word).
Usage- not-comparable
Wearing a dress.
Usage- In compounds
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More examples (1)
No longer would our profession’s stoical symbol of equality be the blindfolded, long-dressed lady holding scales. She would be replaced by a mini-skirted beautiful chick whose blindfold has been pushed up to be used as a head band.
hatted gentlemen and their long-dressed ladies rode on two-horse wagons
She had offered him a lift home from the county ball, a night for long-dressed ladies and uniforms.
Adjective
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
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the elegantly attired gentleman
neatly dressed workers
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monks garbed in hooded robes
went about oddly garmented
professors robed in crimson
tuxedo-attired gentlemen
crimson-robed Harvard professors
treated with medications and protective covering
(of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth
- Synonyms
dressed in fancy or formal clothing