dress

/drɛs/

US pronunciation

American sound/drɛs/

dress

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> dress

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဂါဝန် (v) အဝတ်ဝတ်

Full entry

dress /dres/ n

၁။ [C] အထက်အောက် တစ်ဆက်တည်း ဖြစ်သော အမျိုးသမီးဝတ်စုံ။ ဂါဝန်။
a long/short dress ❍ a pink chiffon dress ❍ a wedding dress.
၂။ [U] အဝတ်အစား။
wear casual/formal dress ❍ traditional Scottish dress ❍ He's got no dress sense (ie idea of how to dress well). See also EVENING DRESS, FANCY DRESS, MORNING DRESS
v
၁။ (က) အဝတ်ဝတ်သည်။ အဝတ်လဲသည်။
He takes ages to dress. ❍ Is she old enough to dress herself yet?
(ခ) (ဆိုင်ရာဆိုင်ရာ လျောက်ပတ်သော) အဝတ်ဝတ်ဆင်သည်။
Do they expect us to dress for dinner?
(ဂ) ~ (sb) in/ as/ for sth (တစ်မျိုးမျိုးကို) ဝတ်သည်။ …လိုဝတ်ဆင်သည်။
She often dresses in black. ❍ He was dressed as a woman (ie wearing women's clothes). ❍ We were dressed for cold weather.
(ဃ) ဝတ်စားဆင်ယင်သည်။ ဆင်မြန်းသည်။
dress well/badly/fashionably ❍ The princess is dressed by a talented young designer.
၂။ အလှဆင်သည်။ ပြင်ဆင် သည်။ ခင်းကျင်းသည်။ dress a shop window (ie arrange a display of goods in it) ❍ dress a street with flags ❍ dress a Christmas tree with lights.
၃။ အနာဆေးထည့် ပတ်တီးစည်းသည်။
၄။ စားစရာပေါ်တွင် အဆာပလာဖြူးသည်။ ဆမ်းသည်။ သားငါးကိုင်သည်။ dress a chicken (ie clean it ready for cooking) ❍ dress a salad (ie add a DRESSING(၃) to it before serving).
❏ dress circle (Brit ) (US first balcony ) n (ရုပ်ရှင်ရုံ၊ ဇာတ်ပွဲ စသည်တွင်) ပထမထပ် ပွဲကြည့်ဆောင်။
❏ dress sb down [PHRV ] ပြစ်တင်ကြိမ်းမောင်းသည်။
❏ dressed adj ဝတ်[သော]။ Aren't you dressed yet? ❍ Alison, now fully dressed, went into the hall. ❍ He was smartly/impeccably dressed, as usual.
❏ dressed to kill [IDM ] (infml ) တစ်ဖက်သား ငေးအောင်၊ ကျအောင် ဝတ်စားထားသည်။
❏ dressed up to the nines [IDM ] (infml esp Brit ) စမတ် ကျကျ၊ ရှိုးကျကျ ဝတ်ဆင်ထားသည်။
❏ dress rehearsal n ဝတ်စုံပြည့်လေ့ကျင့်ခြင်း။ (fig ) The earlier revolts had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution.
❏ dress up [PHRV ] ဝတ်ကောင်းစားလှ ဝတ်ဆင်သည်။ အလှဆင်သည်။ Don't bother to dress up—come as you are.
❏ dress (sb) up (in sth/as sb/sth) [PHRV] (… ကဲ့သို့) ဝတ်ဆင်သည်။ ထူးထူးဆန်းဆန်း ဝတ်ဆင်သည်။ dress (up) as a fairy/bandit/pirate ❍ dressing-up clothes ❍ Children love dressing up. ❍ They were dressed up in Edwardian costume.
❏ dress sth up [PHRV ] လုပ်ကြံဖန်တီးသည်။ rumours dressed up as hard news ❍ The facts are quite clear; it's no use trying to dress them up.
❏ get dressed [IDM ] အဝတ်ဝတ်သည်။ အဝတ်လဲသည်။ She got dressed and went downstairs.

More examples

It only took her ten minutes to shower and dress.
[dress in] : He tends to dress in dark colours.
[dress as] : The nurses had decided to dress as clowns for Halloween.
We wash the children and dress them for school.
[dress yourself] : Our youngest boy can already dress himself.
He dresses many of Europe’s most glamorous women.
[dress for] : It would be sensible to dress for cold weather.
They dressed for dinner every night (=put on formal clothes for the evening meal).

Synonyms

clothing, clothes, uniform, costume, garb, gear, wear, outfit, Sunday best, accouterment, adjust, adorn, align, apparel, arrange, array, attend, attire, attirement, bandage, bedeck, bind, bundle up, cauterize, change, civvies, clad, cleanse, clothe, comb, cover, covering, deck, deck out, decorate, dispose, do up, don, drape, dress up, dry goods, duds, embellish, ensemble, evening clothes, fit, fit out, frock, furbish, give first aid, gown, guise, habiliment, habit, heal, make ready, muumuu, ornament, pinafore, plaster, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, sartorial, set, sew up, shift, skirt, slip into, slip on, smock, spruce up, sterilize, straighten, suit, suit up, things, threads, tog, toga, toggery, trappings, treat, trim, turn out, vestment, wardrobe

Antonyms

bare, dirty, disarrange, disarray, disorder, displace, disrobe, lay bare, mess up, open, reveal, rumple, take off, uglify, unclothe, uncover, undress, wrinkle