dress
noun
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
dressed
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past participleof dress.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dress.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dressnounan outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
Example Sentences
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One grief-stricken father showed AFP a picture on his mobile phone of his young daughter, dressed in red and gold, who lost her life.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
They had me up there dressed up as Elijah Muhammad in the 10th grade, asking me what I’d think of Obama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Descript, a video-editing app, has an A.I. interface that is dressed as a bouncing pumpkin right now.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
When he went to the corridor, the teacher said "the only person I saw was dressed completely in black".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
He hurried downstairs and got to the door just in time to see Holt jump on his horse and ride off in the moonlight, dressed in his long Johns, boots, and hat.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
