Definition of "dress"
dress
/dɹɛs/
verb
third-person singular simple present dresses, present participle dressing, simple past dressed, past participle dressed or (obsolete) drest
noun
countable and uncountable, plural dresses
(countable)
(uncountable)
(archaic) The act of putting on clothes, especially fashionable ones, or for a particular (especially formal) occasion.
(by extension)
(figuratively) The external appearance of something, especially if intended to give a positive impression; garb, guise.