to tress

Examples

• All

• This one was a dark-tressed lady who still looked pretty good, especially if you could repair her nose, which the worms had gotten at.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Albertus shook his white-tressed head.

  Fiction book (1991)

• A gangly raven-tressed girl, blossoming into young womanhood, at her Confirmation.

  Fiction book (1998)

• The midnight-tressed temptress' curved lips rearranged themselves in a pout.

  Blog text (30)

• And I have chosen my arena, and it is to be slave trading, which will garner me money, which will translate into power and houses, and a wardrobe suitable for my lady, the charmed, raven-tressed, irrepressible Carlotta.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Even more astonishing were pics of JB attending The Lion King with a particular model—a raven-tressed beauty named Barbara Palvin.

  Blog text (25)

• She decided to tress her long hair into beautiful braids for the party.

• Every morning, I take my time to tress my daughter's hair in cute styles.

• The stylist showed me how to tress my hair with elegant twists and loops.

Synonyms

P

to plait

vsto tress

• UK

2 5.5

To braid hair, thread, or plants by crossing strands together

focuses on creating long arranged strands rather than general weaving

C

to coiffure

vsto tress

1 9.2

To arrange hair carefully, often by a hairdresser

focuses on braiding into long arranged strands rather than general styling

How Styled

to tress

1 7.9

to braid

33 2.0

Surface Forms

Etymology