dress
An item of clothing which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt…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.
» You look nice in that dress.
Тебе идёт это платье. — marafon
Вам идёт это платье. — marafon
Ти добре виглядаєш у цій сукні. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
10 senses(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
(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
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
(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
(broadly, countable, uncountable)The external covering of an animal (for example, the feathers of a bird) or an object.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)The appearance of an object after it has undergone some process or treatment to fit or prepare it for use; finish.
(broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)The external appearance of something, especially if intended to give a positive impression; garb, guise.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The act of putting on clothes, especially fashionable ones, or for a particular (especially formal) occasion.
(archaic, broadly, countable, historical, uncountable)The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The act of applying a dressing to or otherwise treating a wound; also, the dressing so applied.
Examples
3838 sentencesYou look nice in that dress.
Ти добре виглядаєш у цій сукні. — deniko
ruТебе идёт это платье. — marafon
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
She is always dressed in black.
Вона завжди вдягнена в чорне. — marko
ruОна всегда одета в чёрное. — marafon
She was wearing an ugly dress.
На ній була огидна сукня. — aandrusiak
ruОна носила безобразное платье. — sharptoothed
deSie trug ein hässliches Kleid. — MUIRIEL
She is wearing a blue dress.
Вона у блакитній сукні. — deniko
ruНа ней синее платье. — marafon
deSie trägt ein blaues Kleid. — MUIRIEL
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Forms
plural: dressesSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
92 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Clothes and colours — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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 dictionaryDictionary 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.