Crossword clues for overdress
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To wear too many clothes for a particular occasion. 2 To wear clothing which is too elaborate or formal for a particular occasion.
WordNet
v. dress excessively; "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot" [syn: overclothe]
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: 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]
Usage examples of "overdress".
She wears an underdress of pale green silk, draped with an overdress of thin ecru canvas embroidered with gold.
The underdress had tight-fitting wrist length sleeves, while the overdress had full sleeves reaching her elbows.
Sorting through the clothes, she started with the thicker overdress, not sure just how much scrubbing she should do on any one piece.
Her rose gown, covered with a grey lace overdress, belied its cost with simplicity of cut.
Avila emerge on to the terrace but he found himself grinning as she manoeuvred the train of her overdress past a table.
He was about to pursue her, to finish that conversation to his own satisfaction, when he saw the Relict Tor Bezaemar with the original of that scandalous painting, a statuesque woman whose iridescent lace overdress was pinned back to her shoulders.
Avila sat back on her heels, heedless of the filth on her gown, lace overdress torn in a handful of places.
Had she been wearing an overdress, which buttoned up the front, she might have cleared the obstruction herself, as it was, she would find it very difficult.
Upon reaching the room, she quickly unfastened the thin golden links of her girdle, tossed it onto the bed, then pulled off her overdress, leaving it in a heap on the floor.
With each step she took, the slit sides in the overdress gave tantalizing glimpses of her voluptuous figure, so snugly encased in the undergown.
The ribbons tying the bodice of her overdress together were nothing like their fancy gowns accented by sashes and flounces.
The falling snow and icy wind offered some relief from the heat, but he was still extremely overdressed for the occasion.
They seemed almost to be overdressed mannequins placed ornamentally around the room for some Hollywood spectacle.
Mother Shippey was a gargoyle sculptured by poverty and misuse into a posturing, painted, overdressed bundle still trying to look young.
The hotel dining-rooms and galleries were thronged with large, overdressed women who glittered with diamonds and looked uncomfortable in silks and velvets, and Broadway was gay with elegant equipages, but nobody would go to Saratoga to study the fashions.