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noun
One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, clothing, fashion, lifestyle, manufacturing, textiles
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The single horn of a goat, deer or stag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To clothe or adorn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: garb, dress
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment
Narrower terms: ao dai, costume, disguise, ecclesiastical attire, ecclesiastical robe, finery, formalwear, eveningwear, evening dress, evening clothes, habit, riding habit, hairpiece, false hair, postiche, morning dress, outfit, getup, rig, turnout, sportswear, athletic wear, activewear
verb
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dress, get dressed
Narrower terms: preen, primp, plume, dress, prank, tart up, enrobe, bedizen, dizen
History
The verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”). The noun is from Middle English atir, from the verb.
Across languages
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
