transitive (reflexive). To devote effort to improving one's appearance (frequently with the implication of pride in and admiration of the result)…

Of a person. Cf. preen, v.2 1. transitive. To tidy (the hair, clothes, etc.) with great attention to detail; to smarten or spruce up; to primp…

transitive. To dress or deck in a smart, bright, or ostentatious manner; to decorate. Also reflexive: to dress oneself up; to make oneself look…

to the life: with lifelike representation of or resemblance to the original (said esp. of a drawing or painting); with fidelity to nature; with…

transitive. To adorn, beautify; to titivate. Chiefly reflexive (used chiefly of men). Formerly also with †it, with reflexive meaning. Now historical.

transitive. To smarten up; to dress finely, to trim. Obsolete.

Also reflexive. To put in order, make tidy or neat. dialect.

To prepare. transitive. To prepare (a person, esp. oneself) for a theatrical performance or other public appearance by means of an appropriate…

reflexive. To make oneself ‘tight’ or tidy; cf. tight, adj. 4. Obsolete. rare.

Chiefly with up. transitive (reflexive). To make oneself smart or smarter in appearance or style.

transitive. To make pretty or attractive; to smarten, dress, or make to look pretty or attractive (frequently reflexive). Usually with up.

To dress up or adorn (a person), usually in a showy or gaudy manner; to titivate; also reflexive and intransitive for reflexive. Frequently trans…

transitive. To clothe or adorn in an affected or effeminate manner. Frequently reflexive and with up.

To make sharp or sharper (in various transferred and figurative senses of the adjective). Now… reflexive. To improve one's appearance; to smarten…

transitive. To make (the hair, clothes, etc.) neat and tidy; to smarten (something) up. Also reflexive: to neaten one's appearance, esp. in a fussy…