dress up (
http://definr.com/dress up)
v 1: 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:
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,
overdress]
[ant:
dress down]
2: make something appear superficially attractive; "The
researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data";
"Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth" [syn:
window-dress]
3: put a caparison on; of horses [syn:
caparison,
bard]
4: dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as
pumpkins" [syn:
costume]
5: dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris
fashion": "he dressed up in a suit and tie" [syn:
dress]