I.
noun
1 piece of clothing
ADJECTIVE
▪ beautiful , elegant , gorgeous
▪ plain , simple
▪
She looked elegant in a simple black ~.
▪ ankle-length , floor-length , full-length , knee-length , long
▪ short
▪ skimpy
▪ clinging , figure-hugging ( esp. BrE ), skintight , tight , tight-fitting
▪ loose-fitting , shapeless
▪ backless , halter ( AmE ), low-cut , off-the-shoulder , revealing , sleeveless , strapless
▪ flowing , silky , slinky
▪ floral , flowered ( esp. AmE ), flowery , frilly , sequinned/sequined , sparkly
▪ cotton , silk , etc.
▪ designer , fancy ( AmE )
▪ ball , cocktail , evening , party , prom ( AmE )
▪ bridesmaid ( AmE ), bridesmaid's ( esp. BrE ), wedding
▪ communion
▪ Easter
▪ maternity
VERB + DRESS
▪ unzip , zip , zip up
▪ hitch up , lift , pull up
▪
She hitched up her long ~ so it wouldn't drag in the mud.
▪ pull down
▪ smooth , straighten
▪
She sat down and smoothed her ~ over her legs.
▪ go with , match
▪
The hat went with her new ~ wonderfully.
▪ rip , ruin , tear
DRESS + NOUN
▪ shop
▪ designer
▪ size
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
She appeared in a slinky satin ~.
2 clothes for either men or women
ADJECTIVE
▪ ceremonial , formal
▪ casual , informal
▪ evening
▪ modern
▪ period
▪ national , traditional
▪
He was wearing traditional Scottish ~.
▪ fancy (= clothes that make you appear to be a different character) ( BrE )
▪
the costumes worn at the fancy-dress ball
▪
a fancy-dress shop
▪ battle , military
▪ civilian
DRESS + NOUN
▪ code
▪
The club has a strict ~ code.
▪ sense
▪
He has poor ~ sense.
▪ coat ( AmE ), pants ( AmE ), shirt , shoes ( AmE ), suit
▪ uniform
▪
in full ~ uniform
PREPOSITION
▪ in … ~
▪
a performance of ‘Hamlet’ in modern ~
II.
verb
1 put on clothes
ADVERB
▪ hurriedly , quickly
▪ slowly
▪ carefully
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
He ~ed carefully in the brown suit he had been married in.
PHRASES
▪ be fully ~ed
▪
She lay down on her bed, fully ~ed.
▪ get ~ed
▪
She got ~ed quickly.
2 wear clothes
ADVERB
▪ beautifully , elegantly , fashionably , immaculately , impeccably , nattily ( old-fashioned ), neatly , nicely , smartly ( esp. BrE ), stylishly , well
▪
Susan always ~es very elegantly.
▪
She was determined to be the best ~ed woman at the wedding.
▪ badly , poorly , shabbily
▪ appropriately , suitably
▪ inappropriately
▪ decently , modestly , properly
▪ conservatively , plainly , simply , soberly
▪ professionally ( esp. AmE )
▪
She was ~ed professionally in a business suit.
▪ formally
▪ casually
▪ expensively
▪ flamboyantly , ostentatiously , richly
▪ provocatively , scantily
▪ warmly
▪ alike , identically , similarly
▪
The twins were ~ed identically.
▪ differently
▪
She began to act and ~ differently.
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
The waiters were ~ed as clowns.
▪ for
▪
I have to ~ smartly for work.
▪ in
▪
The women were all ~ed in blue skirts and white blouses.
▪ like
▪
Why does she always ~ like a boy?
PHRASES
▪ ~ to the nines ( esp. AmE ), ~ up to the nines ( BrE )
▪
She always ~es (up) to the nines.
Dress is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ cut , ↑ salad , ↑ timber , ↑ wound