"dress up" meaning in English

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Verb

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)
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  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 Categories (other): Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 33 27 25 4 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 33 27 25 4 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 26 26 24 14 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 33 27 25 4 12
  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 Categories (other): Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 33 27 25 4 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 33 27 25 4 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 26 26 24 14 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 33 27 25 4 12
  4. (transitive) To decorate; to prettify. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dress_up-en-verb-M1pkNvtl Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 26 26 24 14 10
  5. (transitive) To present in a favorable light. Tags: transitive Synonyms: spin
    Sense id: en-dress_up-en-verb-R5QInk-~ Categories (other): Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 33 27 25 4 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 33 27 25 4 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 33 27 25 4 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dressed up, dress-up [noun] Coordinate_terms: cosplay Translations (to present in a better light): aufputzen (German), ubierać [imperfective] (Polish), ubrać [perfective] (Polish), skönmåla (Swedish) 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), disfrazarse (Spanish), disfrezarse (Spanish), klä ut sig (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to present in a better light': 35 13 10 1 40 Disambiguation of 'to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure': 40 46 12 1 1

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    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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    "en:Clothing"
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  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "cosplay"
    }
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dressed up"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "dress-up"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dresses up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dressing up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dressed up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dressed up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "dress up (third-person singular simple present dresses up, present participle dressing up, simple past and past participle dressed up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dress down"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Everyone dressed up for the graduation ball.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I want a job where I don't have to dress up.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 December 26, Richard Castka, “Runners brave chilly weather in Boxing Day Run”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-25, Sport:",
          "text": "Runners had a fun day out in Friday's HKLRRC Boxing Day Race at Wan Chai Gap with most of the participants dressed up in costumes and braving the chilly weather.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put on special or fancy clothes."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To put on special or fancy clothes."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gussy up"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "costume",
          "costume"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often with 'as') To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with 'as'"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The cat hated when they dressed him up for Halloween.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, often with 'as') To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with 'as'"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:",
          "text": "Mistress, your father prays you leave your books,\nAnd help to dress your sister’s chamber up:\nYou know to-morrow is the wedding-day.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decorate; to prettify."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decorate",
          "decorate"
        ],
        [
          "prettify",
          "prettify"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To decorate; to prettify."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You can dress up that proposal however you want; it's still going to go over like a lead balloon.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To present in a favorable light."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To present in a favorable light."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "spin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "bəzəmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "pukeutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "pukeutua (siististi, hienosti, tyylikkäästi)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "laittautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "sich herausputzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "sich aufbrezeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "sich schick anziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "stroić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wystroić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wystrajać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narjažatʹsja",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "наряжаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "vestirse de gala"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "ponerse elegante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "engalanarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "emperifollarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to put on special or fancy clothes",
      "word": "klä upp sig"
    },
    {
      "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": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure",
      "word": "disfrazarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular character or figure",
      "word": "disfrezarse"
    },
    {
      "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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