dress up Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
   rig out; fig out; overdress; trick up; deck out; prink; tog out; get up; fig up; deck up; fancy up; attire; tog up; gussy up; trick out.
   
   • She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
   • The young girls were all fancied up for the party
2. verb make something appear superficially attractive
   window-dress.
   
   • The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data
   • Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth
3. verb put a caparison on
   barde; bard; caparison.
   
   • caparison the horses for the festive occasion
4. verb dress in a costume
   costume.
   
   • We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins
5. verb dress in a certain manner
   dress.
   
   • She dresses in the latest Paris fashion
   • he dressed up in a suit and tie

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