overdress Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb dress too warmly
    overclothe.
    • You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot
  2. verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
    rig out; dress up; fig out; 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

WordNet


O`ver*dress" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much. Pope.

Webster 1913