"tart up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: tarts up [present, singular, third-person], tarting up [participle, present], tarted up [participle, past], tarted up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tart up (third-person singular simple present tarts up, present participle tarting up, simple past and past participle tarted up)
  1. (informal, ambitransitive) To dress so as to be more sexually attractive, especially with make-up and revealing clothing. Tags: ambitransitive, informal Synonyms: hussy up, hussy it up, slut up, slut it up Translations (to dress so as to be more sexually attractive): maquear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tart_up-en-verb-NzHlkvc- Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of 'to dress so as to be more sexually attractive': 68 11 21
  2. (informal, intransitive) To dress garishly. Tags: informal, intransitive Synonyms: jazz up
    Sense id: en-tart_up-en-verb-8lyg6nBA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 52 31 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 18 55 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 38 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 53 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 58 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 59 24
  3. (informal, transitive) To modify or repackage a product, service, or idea to make it more attractive or easier to sell. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: zhoosh, zhoosh up
    Sense id: en-tart_up-en-verb-gsirkcs2 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 38 38

Inflected forms

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