(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a piece of clothing worn by a woman or girl. It covers her body and part of her legs.
She was wearing a black ~.
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2.
You can refer to clothes worn by men or women as ~.
He’s usually smart in his ~.
...hundreds of Cambodians in traditional ~.
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see also evening ~ , fancy ~ , full ~ , morning ~
3.
When you ~ or ~ yourself, you put on clothes.
He told Sarah to wait while he ~ed...
Sue had ~ed herself neatly for work.
VERB: V, V pron-refl
4.
If you ~ someone, for example a child, you put clothes on them.
She bathed her and ~ed her in clean clothes.
VERB: V n
5.
If someone ~es in a particular way, they wear clothes of a particular style or colour.
He ~es in a way that lets everyone know he’s got authority...
VERB: V in n
6.
If you ~ for something, you put on special clothes for it.
We don’t ~ for dinner here.
VERB: V for n
7.
When someone ~es a wound, they clean it and cover it.
The poor child never cried or protested when I was ~ing her wounds.
VERB: V n
8.
If you ~ a salad, you cover it with a mixture of oil, vinegar, and herbs or flavourings.
Scatter the tomato over, then ~ the salad.
...a bowl of ~ed salad.
VERB: V n, V-ed
9.
see also ~ing , ~ed