dress

dress
dress ⇒ Sizes
A n
1 (item of women's clothing) robe f ; a silk/cotton dress une robe de soie/de coton ;
2 ¢ (clothing) vêtements mpl, tenue f ; his style of dress son style vestimentaire ; casual/formal dress tenue décontractée/habillée ; military dress tenue militaire.
B modif [material, pattern, design] de robe.
C vtr
1 (put clothes on) habiller [person] ; to get dressed s'habiller ;
2 (decorate) décorer [Christmas tree] ; Naut pavoiser [ship] ; to dress a shop window faire une vitrine ;
3 Culin assaisonner [salad] ; préparer, parer [chicken, crab, game] ;
4 Med panser [wound] ;
5 (finish) dresser [stone, timber] ; corroyer [hide] ;
6 Agric (fertilize) fertiliser [land] ;
7 Hort (prune) tailler [tree, shrub] ;
8 Mil aligner [troops].
D vi
1 (put on clothes) s'habiller ; to dress in a suit/uniform mettre un costume/un uniforme ; to dress in red/black s'habiller en rouge/noir ; to dress for dinner/for the theatre s'habiller pour dîner/pour aller au théâtre ;
2 Mil [troops] s'aligner.
E v refl to dress oneself s'habiller.
F dressed pp adj habillé, vêtu (in de) ; well dressed bien habillé.
Idiom
dressed to kill habillé de façon irrésistible ; ⇒ nine.
Phrasal verbs
■ dress down :
▶ dress down [person] s'habiller ‘décontracté’ ;
▶ dress [sb] down, dress down [sb] réprimander.
■ dress up :
▶ dress up
1 (smartly) s'habiller, se mettre sur son trente et un ○ ;
2 (in fancy dress) se déguiser (as en) ;
▶ dress [sb] up, dress up [sb] (disguise) déguiser ;
▶ dress [sth] up, dress up [sth] (improve) agrémenter [garment, outfit] ; fig agrémenter, enjoliver [facts, policy].

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