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DRESS OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kill and prepare for market or consumption
Example:
dress a turkey
Synonyms:
dress; dress out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dress out" is one way to...):
cook; fix; make; prepare; ready (prepare for eating by applying heat)
"Dress out" entails doing...:
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Verb group:
dress (put a dressing on)
dress; garnish; trim (decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something