| English Dictionary |
CROSS-DRESS
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does cross-dress mean?
• CROSS-DRESS (verb)
The verb CROSS-DRESS has 1 sense:
1. dress in the clothes of the other sex
Familiarity information: CROSS-DRESS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they cross-dress ... he / she / it cross-dresses
Past simple: cross-dressed
Past participle: cross-dressed
-ing form: cross-dressing
... he / she / it cross-dresses Past simple: cross-dressed
Past participle: cross-dressed
-ing form: cross-dressing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dress in the clothes of the other sex
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "cross-dress" is one way to...):
dress; get dressed (put on clothes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
cross-dresser (someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." (English proverb)
"Have not want not." (Lee Field Walstad)
"When the fox can't reach the grape, says it's unripe." (Armenian proverb)
"By firelight, an old rag looks like sturdy hemp fabric." (Corsican proverb)
"Have not want not." (Lee Field Walstad)
"When the fox can't reach the grape, says it's unripe." (Armenian proverb)
"By firelight, an old rag looks like sturdy hemp fabric." (Corsican proverb)