- wearing clothes and not naked or wearing clothes for sleeping
- Hurry up and get dressed.
- She lay down on the bed, fully dressed.
- I can't go to the door—I'm not dressed yet.
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- wearing clothes of a particular type
- She is always so smartly dressed.
- elegantly/fashionably/neatly dressed
- immaculately/impeccably dressed
- dressed in something The bride was dressed in white.
- He was casually dressed in jeans and a T-shirt.
- dressed for something She was dressed for a business meeting.
- dressed as something He was dressed as a woman (= he was wearing women's clothes).
- dressed like something You can't go out dressed like that (= wearing those clothes)!
Extra Examples- The twins were dressed identically.
- She was dressed professionally in a business suit.
- He is always the best-dressed man in the room.
- The women were all dressed in blue skirts and white blouses.
- The waiters were dressed as clowns.
- a photo of the president dressed like a cowboy
- cleaned and prepared for cooking or eating
- Place a spoonful of the dressed crab on each plate.
Idioms
See dressed in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarydressed to kill
- (informal) wearing the kind of clothes that will make people notice and admire you
dressed (up) to the nines
- (informal) wearing very attractive or formal clothes
mutton dressed as lamb
- (British English, informal, offensive) an offensive way to describe a woman who you think is trying to look younger than she really is, especially by wearing clothes that are designed for young people
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