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to dress warmly

to dress warmly

3 1.0
Put on warm clothes to stay warm in cold weather
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : abrigarse
  • Dress warmly and in layers.
  • Make sure to dress warmly
  • Please dress warmly
  • Remember to dress warmly

Examples

  • Now, please, dress warmly.

  • Dress warmly, Boris, and have a nice time.

  • And remember to dress warmly on Monday.

  • You wanna go dress warmly, and go play outside?

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Dress warmly if you will be going to the game!

    Blog text (5)
  • Dress warmly if you're going to be out and about early Sunday.

    Blog text (5)
  • If you are going to one of the Grand Illumination Parades tonight, remember to dress warmly as temperatures will be near 49.

    Blog text (11)
  • Also, there are a lot of lighting ceremonies going on tomorrow, so just keep in mind that while we should hit about 60 tomorrow afternoon, we'll drop about 10-15 as soon as the sun goes down, so dress warmly.

    Blog text (15)
  • Bring a tripod and cable release, and dress warmly: it can be quite chilly in the predawn.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Make sure to dress warmly before heading out into the cold winter air.

Synonyms

to keep warm
vsto dress warmly
23 1.0

To stop yourself from getting cold

involves putting on clothing to achieve that state
to wrap up
vsto dress warmly
9 2.8

Put on warm clothes to keep warm in cold weather

focuses specifically on warmth against cold rather than general weather
to bundle up
vsto dress warmly
5 2.4

Put on warm clothes, often several layers, to stay warm

put on enough warm clothes but not necessarily many layers
to clothe oneself in layers
vsto dress warmly
3.5

To wear several layers of clothing to keep warm

means put on enough warm clothes but not necessarily multiple layers

How Warm

to bundle up
5 2.4
to dress warmly
3 1.0

Surface Forms

dress warmly infinitive
dressed warmly past participle
dressing warmly present participle
dresses warmly third person singular

Morphology

dress + warmly

The meaning 'put on enough warm clothes' is directly derivable from combining 'dress' (to put clothing on) with 'warmly' (in a warm manner), so a learner who knows both words can infer it means to wear warm clothing. This is a straightforward compositional pattern found across languages, making the phrase immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Dress warmly gives a clear picture: to dress is to put on clothes and warmly means to add extra layers like a coat, hat and gloves to keep warm. So it means 'to put on enough warm clothes to protect yourself from cold weather'.