(overdress)
61overdressed — o|ver|dressed [ˌəuvəˈdrest US ˌouvər ] adj dressed in clothes that are too formal for the occasion ≠ ↑underdressed ▪ She felt overdressed in her smart suit. >overdress v [I] …
62overdressed — over|dressed [ ouvədrɛst] <engl. ; zu to overdress »(sich) übertrieben kleiden«> (für einen bestimmten Anlass) zu vornehm angezogen, zu feierlich gekleidet …
63polonaise — (n.) 1773, woman s overdress (from fancied resemblance to Polish costume); 1797, stately dance, from Fr. (danse) polonaise a Polish (dance), fem. of polonais (adj.) Polish, from Pologne Poland, from M.L. Polonia Poland. In the culinary sense,… …
64overdressed — adjective dressed in clothes that are too formal for the occasion: I felt distinctly overdressed beside all those young people in jeans. overdress verb (I) …
65bedaub — v 1. besmear, smear, smirch, smudge; soil, stain, smutch, begrime; daub all over, blot, spot, blemish, splash, bespatter; blotch, mar, deface. 2. bedeck, deck out, bedizen, ornament gaudily or excessively; overdress, dress to the teeth, Sl. doll… …
66polonaise — /pɒləˈneɪz/ (say poluh nayz) noun 1. a slow dance of Polish origin, in triple time, consisting chiefly of a march or promenade in couples. 2. a piece of music for, or in the rhythm of, such a dance. 3. a woman s overdress combining a bodice and a …
67cape — [n1] promontory into water arm, beak, bill, chersonese, finger, foreland, head, headland, jetty, jutty, mole, naze, neck, ness, peninsula, point, tongue; concepts 509,514 cape [n2] sleeveless coat bertha, capote, cardinal, cloak, cope, dolman,… …
68dress up — [v] put on one’s best clothes array, attire, beautify, clothe, deck out*, embellish, fit out*, fix up, gussy up*, improve, overdress, preen, prettify, primp, prink, slick, smarten, spiff up*, spruce up*, titivate; concept 167 Ant. dress casually …
69dizen — verb dress up garishly and tastelessly • Syn: ↑bedizen • Hypernyms: ↑overdress, ↑dress up, ↑fig out, ↑fig up, ↑deck up, ↑gussy up, ↑fancy up, ↑ …
70dress down — verb 1. censure severely or angrily The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger s car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup • Syn: ↑call on the carpet, ↑take to task, ↑rebuke, ↑ …
