word-vault/dist/data/cards/dr/dressed.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "dressed",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "wearing clothes and not naked or wearing clothes for sleeping",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Hurry up and **get dressed**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lay down on the bed, **fully dressed**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't go to the door—I'm not dressed yet."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "wearing clothes of a particular type",
            "sensetop": "dressed in somethingdressed for somethingdressed as somethingdressed like something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She is always so **smartly dressed**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "elegantly/fashionably/neatly dressed"
                },
                {
                    "text": "immaculately/impeccably dressed"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bride was dressed in white.",
                    "contextForm": "dressed in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **casually dressed **in jeans and a T-shirt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was dressed for a business meeting.",
                    "contextForm": "dressed for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was dressed as a woman *(= he was wearing women's clothes)*.",
                    "contextForm": "dressed as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't go out dressed like that *(= wearing those clothes)*!",
                    "contextForm": "dressed like something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The twins were dressed identically."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was dressed professionally in a business suit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is always the best-dressed man in the room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The women were all dressed in blue skirts and white blouses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The waiters were dressed as clowns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a photo of the president dressed like a cowboy"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "cleaned and prepared for cooking or eating",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Place a spoonful of the dressed crab on each plate."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "wearing the kind of clothes that will make people notice and admire you",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "wearing very attractive or formal clothes",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "an offensive way to describe a woman who you think is trying to look younger than she really is, especially by wearing clothes that are designed for young people",
            "labels": "(British English, informal, offensive)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/drest/",
                "audio": "dr/dressed/dressed__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/drest/",
                "audio": "dr/dressed/dressed__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}