Prom Definition–noun | a formal dance, esp. one held by a high school or college class at the end of an academic year. | |
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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. | <
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tr> | 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 a
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pply medication or a dressing to (a wound or sore). | | 17. | to make straight; bring (troops) into line: 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, | 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 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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