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Beaded Definition–adjective | ornamented with or largely composed of beads: a beaded handbag. | |
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Formal Definition–adjective | 1. | being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional: to pay one's formal respects. | | 2. | marked by form or ceremony: a formal occasion. | | 3. | designed for wear or use at occasions or events marked by elaborate ceremony or prescribed social observance: The formal attire included tuxedos and full-length gowns. | | 4. | requiring a type of dress suitable for such occasions: a formal dance. | | 5. | observant of conventional requirements of behavior, procedure, etc., as persons; ceremonious. | <
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| 7. | being a matter of form only; perfunctory: We expected more than just formal courtesy. | | 8. | made or done in accordance with procedures that ensure validity: a formal authorization. | | 9. | of, pertaining to, or emphasizing the organization or composition of the constituent elements in a work of art perceived separately from its subject matter: a formal approach to painting; the formal structure of a poem. | | 10. | being in accordance with prescribed or customary forms: a formal siege. | | 11. | Theater. (of a stage setting) generalized and simplified in design, esp. of architectural elements, and serving as a permanent set for a play irrespective of changes in location. | | 12. | acquired in school; academic: He had little formal training in economics. | | 13. | symmetrical or highly organized: a formal garden. | | 14. | of, reflecting, or noting a usage of language in which syntax, pronunciation, etc., adhere to traditional standards of correctness and usage is characterized by the absence of casual, contracted, and colloquial forms: The paper was written in formal English. | | 15. | Philosophy. | b. | Aristotelianism. not material; essential. | | | 17. | pertaining to the form, shape, or mode of a thing, esp. as distinguished from the substance: formal writing, bereft of all personality. | | 18. | being such merely in appearance or name; nominal: a formal head of the government having no actual powers. | | 19. | Mathematics. | a. | (of a proof) in strict logical form with a justification for every step. | | b. | (of a calculation) correct in form; made with strict justification for every step. | | c. | (of a calculation, derivation, representation, or the like) of or pertaining to manipulation of symbols without regard to their meaning. | | –noun | 20. | a dance, ball, or other social occasion that r
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equires formalwear. | –adverb | 22. | in formal attire: We're supposed to go formal. | |
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Dress Definition–noun | 1. | an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. | | 2. | clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. | | 4. | a particular form of appearance; guise. | | 5. | outer covering, as the plumage of birds. | –adjective | 6. | of or for a dress or dresses. | | 7. | of or for a formal occasion. | | 8. | requiring formal dress. | –verb (used with object) | 10. | to put formal or evening clothes on. | | 11. | to trim; ornament; adorn: to dress a store window; to dress a Christmas tree. | | 12. | to design clothing for or sell clothes to. | | 13. | to comb out and do up (hair). | | 14. | to cut up, trim, and remove the skin, feathers, viscera, etc., from (an animal, meat, fowl, or flesh of a fowl) for market or for cooking (often fol. by out when referring to a large animal): We dressed three chickens for the dinner. He dressed out the deer when he got back to camp. | | 15. | to prepare (skins, fabrics, timber, stone, ore, etc.) by special processes. | | 16. | to apply medication or a dressing to (a wound or sore). | | 17. | to make straight; bring (troops) into line: <
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span class="ital-inline">to dress ranks. | | 18. | to make (stone, wood, or other building material) smooth. | | 19. | to cultivate (land, fields, etc.). | | 20. | Theater. to arrange (a stage) by effective placement of properties, scenery, actors, etc. | | 21. | to ornament (a vessel) with ensigns, house flags, code flags, etc.: The bark was dressed with masthead flags only. | | 22. | Angling. | a. | to prepare or bait (a fishhook) for use. | | b. | to prepare (bait, esp. an artificial fly) for use. | | | 23. | Printing. to fit (furniture) around and between pages in a chase prior to locking it up. | | 24. | to supply with accessories, optional features, etc.: to have one's new car fully dressed. | –verb (used without object) | 25. | to clothe or attire oneself; put on one's clothes: Wake up and dress, now! | | 26. | to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes: to dress for dinner. | | 27. | to come into line, as troops. | | 28. | to align oneself with the next soldier, marcher, dancer, etc., in line. | —Verb phrases | 29. | dress down, | a. | to reprimand; scold. |
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| c. | to dress informally or less formally: to dress down for the shipboard luau. | | | 30. | dress up, | a. | to put on one's best or fanciest clothing; dress relatively formally: They were dressed up for the Easter parade. | | b. | to dress in costume or in another person's clothes: to dress up in Victorian clothing; to dress up as Marie Antoinette. | | c. | to embellish or disguise, esp. in order to
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make more appealing or acceptable: to dress up the facts with colorful details. | | —Idiom | 31. | dress ship, | a. | to decorate a ship by hoisting lines of flags running its full length. | | b. | U.S. Navy. to display the national ensigns at each masthead and a larger ensign on the flagstaff. | | |
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