dressed /drest/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
dress,
dresser,
dressing;
adjective:
dressed ≠
undressed,
dressy;
verb:
dress ≠
undress]
1. get dressed to put your clothes on:
Go and get dressed!2. having your clothes on or wearing a particular type of clothes:
Aren’t you dressed yet?half/fully dressed
She lay down fully dressed on the bed.smartly/well-/elegantly etc dressed
a very well-dressed young mandressed in
She was dressed in a two-piece suit.dressed as
The children came dressed as animals.3. dressed to kill informal wearing very attractive clothes so that everyone notices and admires you
4. dressed (up) to the nines informal wearing your best or most formal clothes
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲