Dressed Meaning
/ˈdɹɛst/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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verbsimple past and past participle of dress
"the girls were dressed in green; the shrimp sandwich dressed with lettuce and tomato is their top seller"
"...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed."— 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
adjHaving been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared.
adjPrepared for eating, especially by the addition of specific condiments or dressing.
adjWearing clothes; attired (now often with qualifying word).
adjWearing a dress.
"No longer would our profession’s stoical symbol of equality be the blindfolded, long-dressed lady holding scales. She would be replaced by a mini-skirted beautiful chick whose blindfold has been pushed up to be used as a head band."— 1972, The Colorado Lawyer, page 26:
Sentence Examples
The nurse is dressed in white.
She was all the more beautiful dressed in her wedding costume.
He was dressed impeccably in a suit and tie.
CEFR Practice Quiz
He ____ quickly in the dark to avoid waking his roommate.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The nurse is ____ in white.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He ____ quickly in the dark to avoid waking his roommate.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The nurse is ____ in white.