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adjective

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as in decorated

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dressed

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verb

past tense of dress
1
as in bandaged
to cover with a bandage first wash and then dress the wound

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as in adorned
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming let's dress up the room with some greenery for the holiday party

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as in polished
to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure dress the granite block to be used as the headstone on all four sides

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as in clad
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes dressed the young girl in satin and lace

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as in clothed
to put on one's best or formal clothes we don't usually dress for dinner

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as in grew
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care dress the beans by applying fertilizer once a week

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dressed
  1. decorated
  2. clad
  3. clothed
  4. grew
  5. treated
  6. adorned
  7. cultivated
  8. bound
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  • Beauty mavens Cassandra Grey of Violet Grey and Tina Craig of U Beauty compared notes on their similarly hued lace dresses, while Tina Leung’s daring catsuit, decorated in a large bow like a holiday present, caused much fanfare too.
    Freya Drohan, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The annual Christmas parade is filled with marching bands, floats decorated by local businesses, and, of course, Santa.
    Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of decorated
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  • The retro trend of cladding your rooms with wallpaper actually harkens further back to centuries past, when fine homes were showcases for pastoral murals in elegant gathering rooms.
    Jamie Gold, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The inquiry said architect Studio E, principal contractor Rydon, and cladding sub-contractor Harley all bore considerable responsibility for disaster.
    Reuters, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
Definition of clad
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  • Even the elevator’s interior is clad in custom marquetry.
    Busola Evans, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Most of the interiors are clad with Australian white birch.
    Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of clothed
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  • Similarly, sales grew 24 per cent in the 2021-2022 period.
    Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The turbos were banished and the cylinder count grew by 50 percent, as Ferrari’s range-topper gained a V-12 for the first time.
    Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of grew
Verb
  • Lipton revealed in 2004 that she had been diagnosed with colon cancer and treated for it.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Hauser’s jaded ranch foreman Rip Wheeler, who first came to John Dutton as a young boy on the run after killing his stepfather to protect his mother, learned how to be a cowboy from John who treated him like a son.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • Appetizers are adorned with the brand’s signature cannage motif, shaped like a couture bow or imprinted with the leopard motif nodding to Dior’s muse Mitzah Bricard.
    Lily Templeton, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The strapless number was adorned with beading and 3D petal details.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of adorned
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  • For over 30 years, Adam has cultivated connections with fisheries and sourced pristine seafood for high-end restaurants, hotels, and country clubs across the tri-state area.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Being interrogated by Shire cultivated their mother-daughter dynamic on set, Walter says.
    Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of cultivated
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  • Bruins descended upon Eagles goalkeeper Izzy Sussman, prodding at her while the bright-yellow keeper bounded one shot off her toes.
    Gqlshare, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The family sold the newspaper in the heart of western Iowa, sort of within the triangle bounded by Sioux City, Des Moines and Omaha, Nebraska, to Iowa Information based in Sheldon, Iowa.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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