dressed
verbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- //ˈdɹɛst//
Having been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared.
verb
- 1
Also a form of dresssimple past and past participle of dress
the girls were dressed in green; the shrimp sandwich dressed with lettuce and tomato is their top seller
...he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.
adjective
- 1
Having been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared.
- 2
Prepared for eating, especially by the addition of specific condiments or dressing.
- 3
Wearing clothes; attired (now often with qualifying word).
- 4
Wearing a dress.
No longer would our profession’s stoical symbol of equality be the blindfolded, long-dressed lady holding scales. She would be replaced by a mini-skirted beautiful chick whose blindfold has been pushed up to be used as a head band.
hatted gentlemen and their long-dressed ladies rode on two-horse wagons
She had offered him a lift home from the county ball, a night for long-dressed ladies and uniforms.
dressed · Having been subjected to a preparatory process or treatment; treated, prepared.
dresser · An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves,…Dresser · A surname.dressing · Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.