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WINDOW-DRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does window-dress mean?
• WINDOW-DRESS (verb)
The verb WINDOW-DRESS has 1 sense:
1. make something appear superficially attractive
Familiarity information: WINDOW-DRESS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make something appear superficially attractive
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dress up; window-dress
Context example:
Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth
Hypernyms (to "window-dress" is one way to...):
beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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