overdress (v)
dress up (v)
fig out (v)
fig up (v)
deck up (v)
gussy up (v)
fancy up (v)
trick up (v)
deck out (v)
trick out (v)
prink (v)
attire (v)
get up#2 (v)
rig out (v)
tog up (v)
tog out (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 29
def put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
examples She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
The young girls were all fancied up for the party
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
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Verb Group dress, dress up; costume, dress up
Hypernym dress, get dressed
Derivationally related form rig out → rigout
Derivationally related form get up → getup
Derivationally related form attire → attire
Also see dress up → dress
Antonym dress up → dress down
Antonym overdress → underdress
Hyponym preen, primp, plume, dress; prank; tart up; enrobe; bedizen, dizen
Incoming links
Derivationally related form attire → attire
Derivationally related form getup → get up
Derivationally related form rigout → rig out
Hypernym preen, primp, plume, dress; prank; tart up; enrobe; bedizen, dizen
Verb Group dress, dress up; costume, dress up
Antonym underdress → overdress
Antonym dress down → dress up
Also see dress → dress up
Hyponym dress, get dressed

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