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1dress — dress1 W2S2 [dres] n 1.) a piece of clothing worn by a woman or girl that covers the top of her body and part or all of her legs →↑skirt ▪ Sheila wore a long red dress. ▪ a summer dress 2.) [U] clothes for men or women of a particular type or for …
2Dress uniform — See military uniform and full dress for wider coverage of dress uniforms. Students from the École Polytechnique, during the Bastille Day Military Parade, in full dress uniform …
3Dress shirt — Charvet dress shirt from the 1930s, Norsk Folkemeuseum, Oslo. A shirt, or dress shirt in American English, (also button front, button down, or button up shirt) is a garment with a collar, a full length opening at the front from the collar to the… …
4dress — /dres/, n., adj., v., dressed or drest, dressing. n. 1. an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 2. clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 3. formal attire. 4. a particular… …
5Dress code (Western) — Western dress codes Formal wear Formal Semi formal Informal Smart casual Business casual Casual Active attire …
6Mess dress — Three Canadian officers in shawl or rolled collar jacket and waistcoat style mess dress or mess kit. Miniature medals and other accoutrements are also worn. Mess dress is the military term for the formal evening dress worn in the mess or at other …
7wear — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 use as clothing ADJECTIVE ▪ daily, everyday, weekend ▪ summer, winter PREPOSITION ▪ with …
8Dress — 1) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah s dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The Hebrews were early acquainted with the art of… …
9Court dress — This article is about Judicial dress. For dress for noble courts, see court uniform and dress. Court dress comprises the style of clothes prescribed for courts of law, and formerly for royal courts. Contents 1 Court dress in England and Wales 1.1 …
10morning dress — noun 1. formal attire for men during the daytime • Hypernyms: ↑attire, ↑garb, ↑dress • Part Meronyms: ↑swallow tailed coat, ↑swallowtail, ↑morning coat 2. a woman s informal dress for housework …
