verb
Meaning 1
To dress up (put on elegant clothes)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
fig out
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verb
Meaning 2
put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
- The young girls were all fancied up for the party
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: overdress, dress up, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, 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
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