FROCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frock mean? 

• FROCK (noun)
  The noun FROCK has 3 senses:

1. a long, loose outer garment

2. a habit worn by clerics

3. a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

  Familiarity information: FROCK used as a noun is uncommon.

• FROCK (verb)
  The verb FROCK has 1 sense:

1. put a frock on

  Familiarity information: FROCK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FROCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long, loose outer garment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("frock" is a kind of...):

outer garment; overgarment (a garment worn over other garments)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A habit worn by clerics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("frock" is a kind of...):

habit (a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dress; frock

Hypernyms ("frock" is a kind of...):

woman's clothing (clothing that is designed for women to wear)

Meronyms (parts of "frock"):

neckline (the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck)

hemline (the line formed by the lower edge of a skirt or coat)

slide fastener; zip; zip fastener; zipper (a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab)

bodice (part of a dress above the waist)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frock"):

caftan; kaftan (a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East)

chemise; sack; shift (a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist)

coatdress (a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front)

cocktail dress; sheath (a dress suitable for formal occasions)

dirndl (a dress with a tight bodice and full skirt)

gown (a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions)

jumper; pinafore; pinny (a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing)

kirtle (a long dress worn by women)

morning dress (a woman's informal dress for housework)

Mother Hubbard; muumuu (a woman's loose unbelted dress)

polonaise (a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt)

saree; sari (a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body)

shirtdress (a dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all the way down the front)

strapless (a woman's garment that exposes the shoulders and has no shoulder straps)

sundress (a light loose sleeveless summer dress with a wide neckline and thin shoulder straps that expose the arms and shoulders)

Derivation:

frock (put a frock on)

• FROCK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put a frock on

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "frock" is one way to...):

apparel; clothe; dress; enclothe; fit out; garb; garment; habilitate; raiment; tog (provide with clothes or put clothes on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

frock (a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice)

 Context examples 

Tally Ho! as friend Arthur would say when he put on his red frock!

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Miss Spenlow immediately put her hand to her frock, gave a sudden cry, and ran to the dog.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

My dear, it's really dreadful, for sometimes she is so bad her frock is up to her knees, and she can't come to school.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

See that the boy has this to-night, and you shall have the prettiest frock that money can buy.

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

Come, she went on, springing to her feet, and smoothing down her rumpled frock, let us walk through the shaw together, and we may come upon Bertrand with the horses.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But the merchant said, “that can never be true; he must be a fine king truly who travels about in a shepherd’s frock!”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Besides, you have white in your frock, and only witches and sorceresses wear white.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

My black silk frock hung against the wall.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

But they were too much used to company and praise to have anything like natural shyness; and their confidence increasing from their cousin's total want of it, they were soon able to take a full survey of her face and her frock in easy indifference.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

My uncle had just set forth, as was his custom of an evening, clad in his green riding-frock, his plate buttons, his Cordovan boots, and his round hat, to show himself upon his crop-tailed tit in the Mall.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)