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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. dress too warmly;
- Example: "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot"
[syn: overdress, overclothe]

2. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive;
- Example: "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"
- Example: "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
[syn: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

overdress \o`ver*dress"\, v. t.
   To dress or adorn to excess; to dress too much; to dress too
   formally for an informal occasion. --Pope.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

overdress
    v 1: dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she
         will be too hot" [syn: overdress, overclothe] [ant:
         underdress]
    2: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
       attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the
       opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
       [syn: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck
       up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick
       out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog
       out] [ant: dress down, underdress]