# cross-dress

Pronunciation: US say "kraws-DRES" /ˈkɹɔsˈdɹɛs/; UK say "kros-DRES" /ˈkɹɒsˈdɹɛs/

## Verb

1. To put on and wear clothing that is conventionally associated with the other sex.
   - Simple: To wear clothes that people usually think of as belonging to the opposite sex.
   - _Many performers in cabaret cross-dress as part of their act._
   - _She cross-dressed convincingly for the masquerade ball._
2. For a dendritic cell to display on its surface antigens that were produced by a different cell.
   - Simple: For an immune cell to show on its outer surface markers that were first made by a different cell.
   - _Dendritic cells cross-dress by picking up antigens from neighboring infected cells._
   - _In the experiment, the dendritic cells cross-dressed using molecules shed by tumor cells._

## Origin

Formed by combining the prefix "cross-" with "dress."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cross-dress (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).