DRESS
What does "DRESS" mean?
A one-piece garment for a woman or girl, with a top and skirt.
Meanings
- A woman's or girl's garment in one piece, covering the body and extending down over the legs. She wore a blue dress to the wedding.
- To put clothes on oneself or another person. He dressed quickly and ran for the bus.
- To clean and prepare food, especially meat or salad, for cooking or eating. Dress the salad with oil and lemon just before serving.
- To clean, treat, and bandage a wound. The nurse dressed the cut and sent him home.
Word origin
From Old French 'dresser' (to arrange, set up, make straight), from Vulgar Latin 'directiare', from Latin 'directus' (straight, direct).
Remember it
DRESS comes from 'direct/dress up straight' - the old sense was to arrange or set things right, which is what dressing a wound or a salad still means.
A little poem
The same word fits the wound, the plate, the bride-
all three are something tended, set, and tied.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why did the salad and the wound get along? They both knew how to dress for the occasion.
What it teaches
To dress anything - a body, a wound, a plate - is to tend it: care wears many uniforms.
Quick facts
What does DRESS mean?
A one-piece garment for a woman or girl, with a top and skirt.
Is DRESS a valid word?
Yes — DRESS is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DRESS?
DRESS has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DRESS come from?
From Old French 'dresser' (to arrange, set up, make straight), from Vulgar Latin 'directiare', from Latin 'directus' (straight, direct).
What can DRESS teach us?
To dress anything - a body, a wound, a plate - is to tend it: care wears many uniforms.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.