Meaning

2 senses
  1. To decorate the window of a shop

  2. To give something superficial attractiveness

More definitions
  • make something appear superficially attractive

Forms

window-dresses, window-dressing, window-dressed, window-dressed
Base formwindow-dress · to window-dress
3rd person singularwindow-dresses
Present participlewindow-dressing
Past simplewindow-dressed
Past participlewindow-dressed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywindow-dress
he, she, itwindow-dresses

Past simpleLesson

all personswindow-dressed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave window-dressed
he, she, ithas window-dressed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill window-dress

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make something appear superficially attractive:dress up

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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