dress up

English - Turkish

Definition of dress up in English Turkish dictionary: şık giyinmek
Şık giyinmek zorunda değilsin. - You don't have to dress up.; giydirmek; çekici ve farklı kılmak; ilginçleştirmek; farklı göster; Giyinip kuşanmak; giydirip süslemek; giyinip süslenmek; (deyim) kiligini degistirmek veya karnaval kiyafeti giymek. dress sth. up duzeltmek,suslemek; süslemek; süslenmek; (deyim) en iyi gitsileri veya gece kiyafeti giymek
dress sth up: süslemek
dress sth up: düzeltmek
dressup: farklı göster
to dress up: bayramlıklarını giymek

English - English

Definition of dress up in English English dictionary: To decorate; to prettify; To wear fancy dress
I want a job where I don't have to dress up.; To present in a favorable light; To wear a costume
We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.; If you dress something up, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is. Politicians dress up their ruthless ambition as a pursuit of the public good However you dress it up, a bank only exists to lend money. see also dressed up, dressing-up; If you dress someone up, you give them special clothes to wear, in order to make them look smarter or to disguise them. Mother loved to dress me up; put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"; {f} put on fancy clothes, dress nicely; If you dress up or dress yourself up, you put on different clothes, in order to make yourself look smarter than usual or to disguise yourself. You do not need to dress up for dinner Little girls dress up as angels for fiestas; make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth

dress up

Turkish pronunciation

dres ʌp

Synonyms

array, attire, beautify, clothe, deck out, embellish, fit out, fix up, gussy up, improve, overdress, preen, prettify, primp, prink

Antonyms

dress down, dress casually

Pronunciation

/ˈdres ˈəp/ /ˈdrɛs ˈʌp/

Etymology

[ 'dres ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French dresser, from Old French drecier, from Vulgar Latin directiare, from Latin directus direct, past participle of dirigere to direct, from dis- + regere to lead straight; more at RIGHT.