If you are dressed, you are wearing clothes rather than being naked or wearing your night clothes. If you get dressed, you put on your clothes.
He was fully dressed, including shoes.
He went into his bedroom to get dressed.
wear
2. adjective [adverb ADJECTIVE]
If you are dressed in a particular way, you are wearing clothes of a particular colour or kind.
...a tall thin woman dressed in black. [+ in]
...a tall, elegantly dressed man.
3. See also well-dressed
4.
See dressed to kill
dressed in British English
(drɛst)
adjective
1.
having clothes on
I'm not dressed yet.
He was fully dressed, including shoes.
2.
wearing clothes of a particular colour or style
How was she dressed?
She was dressed in a green sweater and jeans.
a woman dressed in black
a tall, elegantly dressed man
See also well-dressed
3.
tossed in oil and vinegar, or some other dressing
a dressed salad of rocket and spinach
a bowl of dressed salad
4. dressed to kill
More idioms containing
dressed
dressed to kill
all dressed up with nowhere to go
dressed to the nines
mutton dressed as lamb
Examples of 'dressed' in a sentence
dressed
By six-thirty I was showered and dressed and drinking my first cup of coffee in the kitchen.
Stuart Harrison BETTER THAN THIS (2002)
She made herself up as she'd never done to go to the maths department and dressed in her new autumn clothes.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)
She was dressed in her dark blue riding habit, her long fur cloak draped over her shoulders.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2002)
In other languages
dressed
British English: dressed /drɛst/ ADJECTIVE
If you are dressed, you are wearing clothes rather than being naked.
He was fully dressed, including shoes.
American English: dressed
Arabic: لابِس
Brazilian Portuguese: vestido
Chinese: 装饰一新的
Croatian: odjeven
Czech: oblečený
Danish: påklædt
Dutch: aangekleed
European Spanish: vestido
Finnish: pukeutunut
French: habillé
German: angekleidet
Greek: ντυμένος
Italian: vestito
Japanese: 服を着た
Korean: 옷을 입은
Norwegian: påkledd
Polish: ubrany
European Portuguese: vestido
Romanian: îmbrăcat
Russian: одетый
Latin American Spanish: vestido llevar puesto un vestido
Swedish: klädd
Thai: ได้แต่งตัวแล้ว
Turkish: giyinik
Ukrainian: вдягнений
Vietnamese: đã mặc quần áo
All related terms of 'dressed'
dress
A dress is a piece of clothing for a woman or girl that covers the body and part or all of the legs.
national costume
to put clothes on (oneself or another); attire
misaddress
to address incorrectly
side-dress
to place fertilizers on or in the soil near the roots of (growing plants)
top-dress
to spread manure or fertilizer on the surface of (land) without working it into the soil
all-dressed
(of a hot dog, hamburger , etc) served with all available garnishes
dressed up
If someone is dressed up , they are wearing special clothes, in order to look smarter than usual or in order to disguise themselves.
dressed crab
cooked crabmeat that has been taken out of the shell
half-dressed
partially clothed
well-dressed
Someone who is well-dressed is wearing smart or elegant clothes.
dressed to kill
If someone is dressed to kill , they are wearing very smart or fashionable clothes because they want people to notice them and think they are attractive .
dress up
If you dress up or dress yourself up , you put on different clothes, in order to make yourself look smarter than usual or to disguise yourself.
re-dress
to dress (someone or something) again
dressed up as sth
portrayed as
dressed to the nines
wearing very smart or glamorous clothes
cross-dress
If someone cross-dresses , they wear the clothes usually worn by the opposite sex.
dress down
If you dress down , you wear clothes that are less smart than usual .
dressed up to the nines
If you say that someone is dressed up to the nines or dressed to the nines , you mean that they are wearing very smart or elegant clothes.
mutton dressed as lamb
If you describe a woman as mutton dressed as lamb , you are criticizing her for trying to look younger than she really is, in a way that you consider unattractive .
armed (or dressed) to the teeth
as armed (or dressed up) as one can be
all dressed up with nowhere to go
prepared for something, but with no opportunity to do it