dress
n. countablen. a piece of clothing for women or girls that covers the top of the body and hangs down over the legs.
n. a one-piece garment for women or girls that covers the torso and extends down over the legs.
She wears a blue dress to the party.
The bride spent months searching for the perfect white dress for her summer wedding.
The evolution of the evening dress throughout the twentieth century reflects broader shifts in social norms regarding formality and gender expression.
PIE word *dwís The verb is from Middle English dressen, dresse (“to arrange, put in order”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French dresser, drecier (modern French dresser), from Late Latin *dīrēctiāre (“to guide, direct”), from Classical Latin dīrēctus, whence English direct. Further akin to Latin regō. The noun is derived from the verb. Compare typologically adorn (<< Latin ōrnō < ōrdō, whence also ōrdinō, English order, ornament); Russian наряжа́ть (narjažátʹ), наря́д (narjád) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)).
Commonly used with verbs like 'wear', 'put on', or 'try on'.