ADJ
- ankle-length, full-length, long
- short
- skimpy
- clinging, figure-hugging, tight, tight-fitting
- loose-fitting, shapeless
- full-skirted
- backless, high-necked, low-cut, off-the-shoulder, revealing, sleeveless, strapless
- slinky
- cotton, silk, etc.
- day, evening, Sunday
- ball, cocktail, dinner, maternity, party, wedding
VERB + DRESS
- zip (up)
- unzip
- hitch up, lift, pull up
- She hitched up her long dress so it wouldn't drag in the mud
- pull down
- smooth
- She sat down and smoothed her dress over her legs
PREP
- in a/the ~
- She appeared in a slinky satin dress
ADJ
- ceremonial, formal
- casual, informal
- correct
- evening
- modern
- period
- national, traditional
- He was wearing traditional Scottish dress
- fancy
- battle, military
- civilian
DRESS + NOUN
- code
- The club has a strict dress code
- sense
- He's got poor dress sense
- shirt
- uniform
- in full dress uniform
PREP
- in … ~
- a performance of 'Hamlet' in modern dress
ADV
- hurriedly, quickly
- slowly
- carefully
PREP
- in
- He dressed carefully in the brown suit he had been married in
PHRASES
- be fully dressed
- She lay down on her bed, fully dressed
- get dressed
- She got dressed quickly
ADV
- beautifully, elegantly, fashionably, immaculately, impeccably, neatly, nicely, smartly, well
- Susan always dresses very elegantly. She was determined to be the best dressed woman at the wedding
- badly, poorly, shabbily
- appropriately, suitably
- unsuitably
- decently, properly, respectably
- improperly
- plainly, simply, soberly
- ostentatiously, nattily, richly
- casually
- formally
- expensively
- warmly
- scantily
- identically
- The twins were dressed identically
PREP
- for
- I have to dress smartly for work
- in
- The women were all dressed in blue skirts and white blouses