dress
part of speech
noun (a dress, dresses; dress — uncountable for "clothes"); verb (dress, dresses, dressed, dressing)
meaning for a pupil
1) A piece of clothing that covers the body from the shoulders down to the legs, in one piece, often worn by girls and women. tree →
2) To put clothes on yourself or someone else: get dressed. tree →
3) To wear clothes of a certain kind: dress smartly, dress up. tree →
4) Clothes of a certain style, uncountable: school dress, fancy dress. tree →
5) To dress a wound is to clean it and cover it with a bandage. tree →
6) To dress food is to add a sauce: dress a salad. tree →
7) The outward appearance or form in which a book or work is presented. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Old meaning: to look after the soil and plants, to prepare food by cooking, or to tend trees. Amos calls himself a "dresser of sycamore-trees," one who tends the fruit. Interpretation: The man in Eden is told to work and guard the garden, which is read as the duty to care for the world. Amos's plain trade is taken as showing that God's message can come to an ordinary working person. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, getting dressed is part of the morning routine; "dress for the weather" means choosing clothes that keep you warm, dry or cool and safe in the sun. Fancy dress (UK) or costume parties (USA) mean dressing up as characters, as on World Book Day or Halloween. In first aid, you dress a wound with a clean dressing. Phrases: "get dressed", "dress up", "fancy dress", "dress code", "dressing gown", "dress rehearsal".
examples
- And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. (Torah GEN.2.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hastened to dress it. (Torah GEN.18.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them. (Torah DEU.28.39, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then David sent home to Tamar, saying: 'Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.' (Prophets 2SA.13.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah: 'I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdman, and a dresser of sycamore-trees; (Prophets AMO.7.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal: 'Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.' (Prophets 1KI.18.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- Get dressed — we're leaving in ten minutes! tree →
- She wore a blue dress to the party. tree →
- We dressed up as pirates for the fancy dress party. tree →
- Dress warmly; it's snowing. tree →
- The nurse dressed the cut with a clean bandage. tree →
- Mum dressed the salad with olive oil. tree →
- The dress rehearsal is the day before the play. tree →
- The baby can't dress himself yet. tree →
- The title agreed with the dress. tree →
note
Plural: dresses (add -es after ss). "Get dressed" is more natural than "dress myself" in daily speech. "Dress up" means wear special clothes or costumes; "dress down" means wear more casual clothes. A "dressing" is a bandage, a salad sauce, or (US) stuffing.
In the corpora
- And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices; every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it.
- Then David sent home to Tamar, saying: 'Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.'
- Famous people still buy chocolate, rewear dresses and get haircuts; none of that is a scandal.
- Explaining away someone's good marks as "copying" is usually jealousy dressed as news.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dress» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.