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OVERDRESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

Example:

The young girls were all fancied up for the party

Synonyms:

attire; deck out; deck up; dress up; fancy up; fig out; fig up; get up; gussy up; overdress; prink; rig out; tog out; tog up; trick out; trick up

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "overdress" is one way to...):

dress; get dressed (put on clothes)

Verb group:

dress; dress up (dress in a certain manner)

costume; dress up (dress in a costume)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overdress"):

dress; plume; preen; primp (dress or groom with elaborate care)

prank (dress up showily)

tart up (dress up in a cheap and provocative way)

enrobe (adorn with a robe)

bedizen; dizen (dress up garishly and tastelessly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

underdress (dress informally and casually)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dress too warmly

Example:

You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot

Synonyms:

overclothe; overdress

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "overdress" is one way to...):

apparel; clothe; dress; enclothe; fit out; garb; garment; habilitate; raiment; tog (provide with clothes or put clothes on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

underdress (dress without sufficient warmth)

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