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Dress

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Verb group 42

Apparel 84% connected

External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.

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Apparel 84% connected

External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.

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Arrange 84% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Arrange 84% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Attire 84% connected

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.

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Attire 84% connected

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.

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Clothe 84% connected

To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

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Clothe 84% connected

To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

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Coiffure 84% connected

A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

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Coiffure 84% connected

A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

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Curry 84% connected

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

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Curry 84% connected

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

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Garb 84% connected

Clothing in general.

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Garb 84% connected

Clothing in general.

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Garment 84% connected

Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.

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Garment 84% connected

Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.

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Garnish 84% connected

To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

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Garnish 84% connected

To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Groom 84% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Overdress 84% connected

To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much.

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Overdress 84% connected

To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much.

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Plume 84% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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Plume 84% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

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Preen 84% connected

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

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Preen 84% connected

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

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Primp 84% connected

To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up.

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Primp 84% connected

To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up.

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Prink 84% connected

To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.

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Prink 84% connected

To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.

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Raiment 84% connected

Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense.

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Raiment 84% connected

Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense.

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Trim 84% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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Trim 84% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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Similar meaning 2

Formal 84% connected

See Methylal.

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Formal 84% connected

See Methylal.

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Adorn 76% connected

To deck or dress with ornaments; to embellish; to set off to advantage; to render pleasing or attractive.

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Apply 76% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Arrange 76% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

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Attire 76% connected

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.

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Beautify 76% connected

To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Clothing 76% connected

of Clothe

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Convert 76% connected

To cause to turn; to turn.

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Cook 76% connected

To make the noise of the cuckoo.

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Decorate 76% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

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Embellish 76% connected

To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Grace 76% connected

The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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Groom 76% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

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Habiliment 76% connected

A garment; an article of clothing.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Ornament 76% connected

That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment.

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Overdress 76% connected

To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much.

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Pare 76% connected

To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Prepare 76% connected

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for…

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Prink 76% connected

To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.

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Ready 76% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Trim 76% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Vesture 76% connected

A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Wearable 76% connected

Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.

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Manner of action 33

Assume 76% connected

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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Attire 76% connected

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.

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Bandage 76% connected

A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.

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Bob 76% connected

Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's ta…

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Coat 76% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Corset 76% connected

In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.

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Costume 76% connected

Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Dandify 76% connected

To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish.

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Disbud 76% connected

To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree.

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Don 76% connected

Sir; Mr; Signior; -- a title in Spain, formerly given to noblemen and gentlemen only, but now common to all classes.

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Frock 76% connected

A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by…

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Gown 76% connected

A loose, flowing upper garment

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Habit 76% connected

The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a relig…

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Jacket 76% connected

A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a short coat without skirts.

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Overdress 76% connected

To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much.

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Pinch 76% connected

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as be…

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Plaster 76% connected

An external application of a consistency harder than ointment, prepared for use by spreading it on linen, leather, silk, or other material. It is adh…

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Poll 76% connected

A parrot; -- familiarly so called.

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Pollard 76% connected

A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.

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Poultice 76% connected

A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm.

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Prim 76% connected

The privet.

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Prink 76% connected

To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.

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Robe 76% connected

An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.

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Shear 76% connected

To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.

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Shirt 76% connected

A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex,…

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Shoe 76% connected

A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not exten…

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Vest 76% connected

An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.

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Vesture 76% connected

A garment or garments; a robe; clothing; dress; apparel; vestment; covering; envelope.

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Wave 76% connected

See Waive.

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Wear 76% connected

Same as Weir.

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Caftan 76% connected

A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash.

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Chemise 76% connected

A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.

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Costume 76% connected

Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

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Disguise 76% connected

To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.

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Finery 76% connected

Fineness; beauty.

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Gown 76% connected

A loose, flowing upper garment

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Habit 76% connected

The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a relig…

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Jumper 76% connected

One who, or that which, jumps.

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Kaftan 76% connected

See Caftan.

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Kirtle 76% connected

A garment varying in form and use at different times, and worn doth by men and women.

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Outfit 76% connected

A fitting out, or equipment, as of a ship for a voyage, or of a person for an expedition in an unoccupied region or residence in a foreign land; thin…

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Pinafore 76% connected

An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; a tier.

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Polonaise 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland.

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Rig 76% connected

A ridge.

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Sack 76% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

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Saree 76% connected

The principal garment of a Hindoo woman. It consists of a long piece of cloth, which is wrapped round the middle of the body, a portion being arrange…

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Sari 76% connected

Same as Saree.

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Sheath 76% connected

A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.

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Shift 76% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Apparel 74% connected

External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.

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Apparel 74% connected

External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.

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Arrangement 74% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Arrangement 74% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Decoration 74% connected

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

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Decoration 74% connected

The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

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Decorative 74% connected

Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning.

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Decorative 74% connected

Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning.

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Dresser 74% connected

One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments.

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Dresser 74% connected

One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments.

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Garb 74% connected

Clothing in general.

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Garb 74% connected

Clothing in general.

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Preen 74% connected

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

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Preen 74% connected

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

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Pruner 74% connected

One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.

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Pruner 74% connected

One who prunes, or removes, what is superfluous.

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Pruning 74% connected

of Prune

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Pruning 74% connected

of Prune

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Trim 74% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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Trim 74% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

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Entails 1

Kill 72% connected

A kiln.

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Component part 1

Bodice 70% connected

A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Synonym 27

Apparel 92% connected

External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Arrange 92% connected

To put in proper order; to dispose (persons, or parts) in the manner intended, or best suited for the purpose; as, troops arranged for battle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Attire 92% connected

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Clip 92% connected

To embrace, hence; to encompass.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Clothe 92% connected

To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Clothes 92% connected

of Cloth

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Coif 92% connected

A cap.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Coiffure 92% connected

A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Crop 92% connected

The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Curry 92% connected

To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Decorate 92% connected

To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Enclothe 92% connected

To clothe.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Frock 92% connected

A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Garb 92% connected

Clothing in general.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Garment 92% connected

Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Garnish 92% connected

To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Groom 92% connected

A boy or young man; a waiter; a servant; especially, a man or boy who has charge of horses, or the stable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Habilitate 92% connected

Qualified or entitled.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lop 92% connected

A flea.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Plume 92% connected

A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Preen 92% connected

A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Primp 92% connected

To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prune 92% connected

To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Raiment 92% connected

Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Set 92% connected

of Set

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Snip 92% connected

To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Trim 92% connected

To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Peel 94% connected

A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Peel 94% connected

A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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