dress up

Verb
  1. Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive (synset 200043880)
    "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
    is a type of: dress, get dressed - put on clothes
    subtypes:
    same as: attire, deck out, deck up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up
    verb group:
  2. Make something appear superficially attractive (synset 200294290)
    "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"
    is a type of: beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify - make more beautiful
    same as: window-dress
  3. Put a caparison on (synset 201674210)
    "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"
    is a type of: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
    same as: bard, barde, caparison
  4. Dress in a costume (synset 200051478)
    "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
    is a type of: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog - provide with clothes or put clothes on
    same as: costume
    verb group: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up - put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
  5. Dress in a certain manner (synset 200044528)
    "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"
    is a type of: dress, get dressed - put on clothes
    subtypes: vest - clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
    same as: dress
    verb group:

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