dress

/dres/ verb

Definition

get dressed A2 to put clothes on yourself: I usually get dressed before having breakfast. → Opposite undress verb

A2 to put clothes on someone else: Can you dress the baby for me? → Opposite undress verb

B1 to wear a particular type, style, or color of clothes: She was dressed in black.

(Definition of dress verb from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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