DRESSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dressed mean? 

• DRESSED (adjective)
  The adjective DRESSED has 4 senses:

1. dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination

2. treated with medications and protective covering

3. (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

4. dressed in fancy or formal clothing

  Familiarity information: DRESSED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRESSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination

Synonyms:

appareled; attired; dressed; garbed; garmented; habilimented; robed

Context example:

crimson-robed Harvard professors

Similar:

clad; clothed (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Treated with medications and protective covering

Similar:

treated (given medical care or treatment)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

Synonyms:

dressed; polished

Similar:

finished ((of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Dressed in fancy or formal clothing

Synonyms:

dolled up; dressed; dressed-up; dressed to kill; dressed to the nines; spiffed up; spruced up; togged up

Similar:

clad; clothed (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination)

 Context examples 

The gas was half up, as I had left it, and my unhappy boy, dressed only in his shirt and trousers, was standing beside the light, holding the coronet in his hands.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a young fellow about seventeen, dressed like an ostler, with leather cords and gaiters.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was sitting, fully dressed, in an easy-chair, with a slip of paper which looked like a map upon his knee, and his forehead sunk forward upon his hand in deep thought.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He did not know how she was dressed, except that the dress was as wonderful as she.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She also informed me that when I was dressed, I was to come downstairs into the parlour, and have my breakfast.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I've seen the imperial family several times, the emperor an ugly, hard-looking man, the empress pale and pretty, but dressed in bad taste, I thought—purple dress, green hat, and yellow gloves.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I must see him as soon as I am dressed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He had evidently expected some such call, for I found him dressed in his room.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Have you the cab below? I will follow you when I am dressed, for I may be of some use at the station.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

At the order, six men, dressed as common drudges, marched solemnly into the room, each bearing a huge bundle upon his head.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)