Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.

    Amy and Mary looked very pretty in their dresses.

    Kleid

    пла́тьеplátʹje

    пла́ттяpláttja, су́княsúknja

  2. (countable, uncountable)An item of outer clothing or set of such clothes (worn by people of all sexes) which is generally decorative and appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.

    clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

  3. An item of outer clothing or set of such clothes (worn by people of all sexes) which is generally decorative and appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.

    (India, broadly, countable, uncountable)Any item of clothing, or an outfit.

    He wore a bright orange dress to the office yesterday.

    clothing in general

  4. (countable, uncountable)Apparel or clothing, especially when appropriate for a particular occasion, profession, etc.

    military dress

    He came to the party in formal dress.

    Kleidung

    оде́ждаodéžda, пла́тьеplátʹje

    оде́жаodéža, о́дягódjah

  5. (broadly, countable, uncountable)The external covering of an animal (for example, the feathers of a bird) or an object.

  6. (broadly, countable, uncountable)The appearance of an object after it has undergone some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use; finish.

  7. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)The external appearance of something, especially if intended to give a positive impression; garb, guise.

  8. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The act of putting on clothes, especially fashionable ones, or for a particular (especially formal) occasion.

  9. (archaic, broadly, countable, historical, uncountable)The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.

  10. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of applying a dressing to or otherwise treating a wound; also, the dressing so applied.

Examples

3838 sentences
  1. You look nice in that dress.

    Ти добре виглядаєш у цій сукні. — deniko

    ruТебе идёт это платье. — marafon

  2. You look better in this dress.

    Ти виглядаєш краще в цьому вбранні. — lingvokrolik

    ruТы выглядишь лучше в этом платье. — fjay69

    deIn diesem Kleid siehst du besser aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. She is always dressed in black.

    Вона завжди вдягнена в чорне. — marko

    ruОна всегда одета в чёрное. — marafon

  4. She was wearing an ugly dress.

    На ній була огидна сукня. — aandrusiak

    ruОна носила безобразное платье. — sharptoothed

    deSie trug ein hässliches Kleid. — MUIRIEL

  5. She is wearing a blue dress.

    Вона у блакитній сукні. — deniko

    ruНа ней синее платье. — marafon

    deSie trägt ein blaues Kleid. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
item of clothing which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist:
apparel or clothing:
Русский
By meaning 2
item of clothing which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist:
apparel or clothing:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
item of clothing which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist:
apparel or clothing:

Forms

plural: dresses
Singulardress
Pluraldresses

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

92 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • new dress
  • a new dress
  • get dressed
  • blue dress
  • dressed in black
  • red dress
  • a blue dress
  • her wedding dress
  • her new dress
  • wedding dress
  • was dressed in
  • dressed up as

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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