"dress up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: dresses up [present, singular, third-person], dressing up [participle, present], dressed up [participle, past], dressed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dress up (third-person singular simple present dresses up, present participle dressing up, simple past and past participle dressed up)
  1. (intransitive) To put on special or fancy clothes. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms: gussy up Translations (to put on special or fancy clothes): bəzəmək (Azerbaijani), pukeutua (Finnish), pukeutua (siististi, hienosti, tyylikkäästi) (Finnish), laittautua (Finnish), sich herausputzen (German), sich aufbrezeln (German), sich schick anziehen (German), stroić się [imperfective] (Polish), wystroić się [perfective] (Polish), wystrajać się [imperfective] (Polish), наряжаться (narjažatʹsja) (Russian), vestirse de gala (Spanish), ponerse elegante (Spanish), engalanarse (Spanish), emperifollarse (Spanish), klä upp sig (Swedish), זיך אויספּוצן (zikh oysputsn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-dress_up-en-verb-NsdJFYJ8 Disambiguation of Clothing: 60 5 4 31 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (up), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 18 16 5 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 19 16 9 16 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 36 20 18 9 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 45 17 16 5 18 Disambiguation of 'to put on special or fancy clothes': 65 28 5 1 1
  2. (intransitive, often with 'as') To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person. Tags: intransitive, often
    Sense id: en-dress_up-en-verb-Rc1yKKEI
  3. (transitive, often with 'as') To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person. Tags: often, transitive
    Sense id: en-dress_up-en-verb-Rl-vLd~s
  4. (transitive) To decorate; to prettify. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dress_up-en-verb-M1pkNvtl
  5. (transitive) To present in a favorable light. Tags: transitive Synonyms: spin Translations (to present in a better light): aufputzen (German), ubierać [imperfective] (Polish), ubrać [perfective] (Polish), skönmåla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dress_up-en-verb-R5QInk-~ Disambiguation of 'to present in a better light': 29 13 9 2 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dressed up, dress-up [noun] Coordinate_terms: cosplay Translations (to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure): verkleden (Dutch), pukeutua (Finnish), sich verkleiden (German), kle seg ut (Norwegian Bokmål), przebierać się (Polish), przebrać się (Polish), наряжаться (narjažatʹsja) (Russian), klä ut sig (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure': 40 47 12 1 1

Inflected forms

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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "zikh oysputsn",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "זיך אויספּוצן"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure",
      "word": "verkleden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure",
      "word": "pukeutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure",
      "word": "sich verkleiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure",
      "word": "kle seg ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure",
      "word": "przebierać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure",
      "word": "przebrać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narjažatʹsja",
      "sense": "to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure",
      "word": "наряжаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure",
      "word": "klä ut sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to present in a better light",
      "word": "aufputzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to present in a better light",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ubierać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to present in a better light",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ubrać"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to present in a better light",
      "word": "skönmåla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dress up"
}

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