dressed

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɹɛst/

Verb

1. Simple past tense and past participle of dress
   • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     ...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.

   the girls were dressed in green; the shrimp sandwich dressed with lettuce and tomato is their top seller

Translations

• French: habillé, vêtu
• German: gekleidet, bekleidet
• Russian: оде́тый

Adjective

dressed (not comparable)

1. Having been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared. [from 14th c.]
2. Prepared for eating, especially by the addition of specific condiments or dressing. [from 16th c.]
3. Wearing clothes; attired (now often with qualifying word). [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• (wearing clothes) dressed, raimented; see also Thesaurus:clothed

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