dress, put on clothes
dress, clothing, apparel
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Attire Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Attire Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.
(n.)
The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla.
The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla.
(n.)
The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
(n.)
Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.
attire
\at*tire"\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. attired (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. attiring.] [oe. atiren to array, dispose, arrange, of. atirier; à (l. ad) + f. tire rank, order, row; of ger. origin: cf. as. tier row, ohg. ziarī, g. zier, ornament, zieren to adorn. cf. tire a headdress.] to dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments. finely attired in a robe of white. with the linen miter shall he be attired. xvi. 4.
attire
\at*tire"\, n.
1. dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing. earth in her rich attire. i 'll put myself in poor and mean attire. can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire? ii. 32.
2. the antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.
3. (bot.) the internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla. [obs.]
attire
n : clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion [syn: garb, dress]
v : 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" [syn: dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out , prink, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out, overdress]
[ant: dress down]
clothe ;N: clothing ;array ;apparel***We could barely recognise him in the traditional attire that he was in, when we went to attend his wedding in his village.
Noun
1. clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress"
(synonym) garb, dress
(hypernym) clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear
(hyponym) ao dai
(derivation) dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out, overdress
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out, overdress
(hypernym) dress, get dressed
(hyponym) preen, primp, plume, dress
(verb-group) dress, dress up
(derivation) garb, dress
Attire Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Clothing is a term that refers to a covering for the human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of nearly all human societies. The amount and type of clothing worn depends on physical, social and geographic considerations.
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