👗 Wearing clothes 🩹 Covered with bandage 🪨 Smoothed surface

dressed

1 4.9

Having a cut or wound cleaned and covered to stop germs

adjective
/drɛst/

Specialized

: vendado

WHY AREN’T YOU DRESSED?

Examples

After the surgery, the doctor dressed the incisions with sterile bandages.
The nurse carefully dressed the patient's wound to prevent infection.
So they, they kind of irrigated her wounds and then we gave them the dressings to bandage her and they bandaged her up.
He came to the clinic to have his wounds dressed and checked for healing.

Synonyms

wrapped

vsdressed

121 1.0

Having a covering of paper or cloth, like a present

involves medication plus a medical protective covering rather than merely covering with material

bandaged

vsdressed

12 2.5

Wrapped with cloth to protect a cut or other injury

adds medical medication and a protective covering rather than only covering the wound

treated

vsdressed

3 2.3

Receiving medical care to help a person get better

also applies topical medication and a protective covering to the injured area

Antonyms

open

∞ 1.0

Not closed so people or things can go through

Idioms

dressed to the nines

Informal

4 7.6

Wearing very elegant formal clothes for a special occasion

dressed to impress

Informal

4 5.6

Wearing smart, attractive clothes so other people notice you

dressed to kill

Informal

1 6.8

Wearing very attractive, stylish clothes to get people's attention

mutton dressed as lamb

Slur

1 9.5

An older person who tries to look much younger in an awkward way

dressed spiffily

Informal

1 7.8

Wearing stylish, elegant clothes

dressed like a sophisto

Archaic

9.9

A person who wears smart, fashionable clothes like a stylish city person

dressed like a toff

Archaic

9.1

Wearing smart, expensive clothes like a rich person

dressed to the nines

Informal

7.2

Wearing very stylish formal clothes for an important event

all dressed up and nowhere to go

Informal

7.4

Wearing smart clothes but having nowhere to go

Compounds

well-dressed

50 2.4

Wearing neat, clean clothes that look smart, like a suit or nice shirt

dressed-up

46 2.7

Wearing special formal clothes for a party or event

dressed ore

Specialized

8.7

Rock that people clean to remove impurities and leave the useful mineral

How Protected

bandaged

12 2.5

covered

659 1.0

dressed

Specialized

1 4.9

open

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

dressed positive

Morphology

dressed = dress (transparent) = dress + ed

The word 'dressed' is transparently derived from the verb 'dress' with the past participle suffix '-ed', indicating the state of having been dressed.

Etymology

Dressed also comes from the old verb dress meaning 'to prepare' or 'arrange'. A helpful image is a nurse arranging bandages to make a wound safe, so a wound that has been cared for is called 'dressed'.