# dressed

Pronunciation: say "DREST" /ˈdɹɛst/

## Adjective

1. Wearing clothes; attired. Now most often used with a qualifying word, such as fully dressed, well dressed, or dressed in black.
   - Simple: Having clothes on, so your body is covered.
   - _She had showered and was dressed by six, long before her alarm went off._
   - _The hikers arrived at the trailhead dressed for cold weather._
3. Having undergone a preparatory process or treatment; treated or prepared for use.
   - Simple: Made ready to use by cutting, cleaning, or smoothing it first.
   - _Quarries sell both rough blocks and dressed stone ready for masonry work._
   - _The workshop buys only dressed hides, already tanned and finished._
4. Of food, made ready to eat, especially by adding a dressing, sauce, or particular condiments.
   - Simple: Ready to eat because sauce or dressing has been added.
   - _Serve the greens lightly dressed with vinaigrette so they don't wilt._
   - _The po'boy arrived dressed: lettuce, tomato, pickles, and mayonnaise._
5. Wearing a dress, as distinct from other clothing.
   - Simple: Wearing a dress.
   - _The portrait shows her dressed, the gown falling in pale folds to the floor._
   - _Half the bridesmaids arrived dressed and the rest wore jumpsuits._

## Verb

2. Past tense and past participle of dress. — simple past and past participle of dress
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of dress. Use this form when the action already happened.
   - _The nurse dressed the wound before the doctor arrived._
   - _The children had been dressed in costumes an hour before the play began._

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