Dressed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdɹɛst/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Dressed is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of dress.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of dress.
More Meanings
- Having been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared.
- Prepared for eating, especially by the addition of specific condiments or dressing.
- Wearing clothes; attired (now often with qualifying word).
- (in combination) Wearing a dress.
Example Sentences
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.
the girls were dressed in green; the shrimp sandwich dressed with lettuce and tomato is their top seller
...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.
Synonyms for dressed
Depending on context, synonyms include clothed, raimented, clad, polished, treated, finished.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include garmented, clad, habilimented, clothed, robed, polished.
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