to gown
3
6.9
- verb
- /ɡaʊn/
- Formal
:
vestir con toga (ceremonial)
- At the event, the volunteers will gown the guests in elegant attire for the ceremony.
- get gowned
Examples
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See that she's jeweled and gowned.
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As an illustration, be cautious about how you gown, and avoid specific palm gestures.
Blog text (13) -
As soon as you give me the clamp I want you to gown and glove me.
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People were like washing my hands for me, gowning me, handing me things.
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Gloved and gowned, I duck into Reed's room.
Fiction book (1993) -
A fully gowned and masked nurse was in the cubicle giving moment-to-moment care.
Fiction book (1991) -
Already the capped and gowned seniors were marching by us down the aisles to the front reserved rows.
Fiction book (1997) -
The white-gowned attendant pressed a rubber bulb, capturing the gleaming and transfixed eyes as well as two eager souls, tremulous.
Fiction book (1991) -
The nurse will gown you before the surgery to ensure you are properly protected.
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Before entering the sterile room, the doctor must gown and glove herself.
Synonyms
178
2.7
Put on special clothes for an event or to look attractive
4
5.0
To dress someone in a long loose garment for a ceremony
2
7.9
To dress someone in clothes of a special type
1
8.9
To put a special robe on someone during a ceremony
1
7.8
To put on special religious or ceremonial clothes
1
7.2
To put clothes on someone
To cover with clothes, for example a cloak
Compounds
8
2.8
A long loose robe you wear over night clothes before getting dressed or while relaxing at home
- Specialized
1
4.1
A protective garment surgeons wear during operations to keep the area sterile
A plain black robe worn by Protestant church ministers for services and graduation ceremonies
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gown comes from the noun gown, from old French goune meaning 'loose outer garment'. To gown someone is simply to put a robe on them, which is why doctors 'gown' before surgery or attendants 'gown' a bride.