dress up

dress up
1. transitive verb
1) (in formal clothes) feinmachen
2) (disguise) verkleiden
3) (smarten) verschönern
2. intransitive verb
1) (wear formal clothes) sich feinmachen
2) (disguise oneself) sich verkleiden
* * *
(to put on special clothes, eg fancy dress: He dressed up as a clown for the party.) sich kostümieren
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dress up
I. vi
1. (wear nice clothes) sich akk herausputzen [o schick anziehen]; (wear formal clothes) sich akk fein machen [o elegant anziehen
2. (disguise oneself) sich akk verkleiden [o kostümieren]
the children are \dress uping up as pirates die Kinder verkleiden sich als Piraten
to \dress up up in sth sich akk mit etw dat kostümieren
II. vt
1. (dress nicely)
to \dress up oneself up sich akk herausputzen [o schick anziehen]; (dress formally) sich akk fein machen [o elegant anziehen
2. (wear costume)
to \dress up sb/oneself up [as sb/sth] jdn/sich [als jdn/etw] verkleiden [o kostümieren
3. (improve)
to \dress up sth ⇆ up etw verschönern
I \dress uped the pizza up with a few extra tomatoes ich verzierte die Pizza mit ein paar zusätzlichen Tomaten
to \dress up up a story eine Geschichte ausschmücken
4. (make seem better)
to \dress up sth ⇆ up etw beschönigen
the data had been \dress uped up a bit so the stockholders wouldn't be alarmed die Zahlen waren etwas schöngefärbt, um die Aktionäre nicht zu verschrecken
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1. vi
1) (in smart clothes) sich fein machen, sich schön anziehen
2) (in fancy dress) sich verkleiden

he came dressed up as Santa Claus —

to dress up as a pirate — sich als Pirat verkleiden

2. vt sep
1) (= disguise) verkleiden

it's just his old plan dressed up in a new way — das ist bloß sein alter Plan in einem neuen Gewand

2) (= smarten) person herausputzen

dress yourself up a bit! — mach dich ein bisschen schön!

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dress up
A v/t
1. fein machen:
we were all dressed up and (oder with) nowhere to go unser ganzer Aufwand war umsonst
2. herausputzen, auftakeln pej
3. Fakten etc
a) verpacken euph (in in akk)
b) beschönigen
c) ausschmücken (with mit)
B v/i
1. sich fein machen, sich in Gala werfen umg
2. sich herausputzen oder pej auftakeln
3. sich kostümieren oder verkleiden (as als) (besonders Kinder):
she dressed up in her mother’s clothes sie zog sich die Kleider ihrer Mutter an
* * *
1. transitive verb
1) (in formal clothes) feinmachen
2) (disguise) verkleiden
3) (smarten) verschönern
2. intransitive verb
1) (wear formal clothes) sich feinmachen
2) (disguise oneself) sich verkleiden

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