Definition of dressed-up

Overview of verb dress-up

The verb dress up has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (5) overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out

(put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party")

2. (1) dress up, window-dress

(make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth")

3. caparison, bard, barde, dress up

(put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion")

4. costume, dress up

(dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins")

5. dress, dress up

(dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie")

Overview of adj dressed-up

The adj dressed-up has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. dressed, dressed-up, dressed to the nines, dressed to kill, dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up, togged up

(dressed in fancy or formal clothing)