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Meanings of dress up in English

Portuguese
vestir
Catalan
arreglar-se

Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive.

Related terms
vestir
Portuguese
vestir
Catalan
engalanar

Make something appear superficially attractive.

vestir
Synonyms
Examples for "window-dress"
Examples for "window-dress"
1
They can also help window-dress balance sheets by quickly substituting cash for bonds for short periods of time.
Reuters
2
She is accused of window-dressing government accounts ahead of the last election with cash transfers from state banks.
The Guardian
Catalan
disfressar-se
Spanish
disfrazar

Dress in a costume.

disfressar-se

Put a caparison on.

Usage of dress up in English
1
Tis the season to dress up your home with the season's best.
Ebony
2
Look, maybe he just wanted to dress up the discovery a bit.
The monster of florence
3
Any effort to dress up would have simply been in vain, anyway.
The South African
4
I asked incredulously, mentally sorting through our box of dress up clothes.
Wired
5
While you've been playing dress up, I've come up with a plan.
The hunchback assignments
6
I can't blame you for wanting to dress up in it beforehand.
Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer
7
And in a special Seville touch, we dress up for the occasion.'
BBC
8
But if one has gentlemen callers it is proper to dress up.
Glinda of Oz / In Which Are Related the Exciting Experiences of ...
9
Do you want to dress up as Tegan and Sara for Halloween?
The Irish Times
10
I am going to make you dress up your favorite blue kitten.
Who Spoke Next
11
Nothing much to do except dress up for this fellow at dinner-time.
Tales of the Jazz Age
12
Miss Maitland is going to dress up, and so is Miss Parkinson.
The New Girl at St. Chad's: A Story of School Life
13
Why not dress up as Theresa May, Donald Tusk or some gammon?
The Guardian
14
Joan is incredibly social and flamboyant and she loves to dress up.
The Guardian
15
And besides, you are attending the opera, you ought to dress up.
Beautiful assassin
16
Party-goers are encouraged to dress up in the theme of Drag Race.
The South African
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Translations for dress up
Spanish
disfrazar
Dress up through the time
Dress up across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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