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WINDOW-DRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does window-dress mean? 

WINDOW-DRESS (verb)
  The verb WINDOW-DRESS has 1 sense:

1. make something appear superficially attractiveplay

  Familiarity information: WINDOW-DRESS used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WINDOW-DRESS (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make something appear superficially attractive

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dress up; window-dress

Context example:

Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth

Hypernyms (to "window-dress" is one way to...):

beautify; embellish; fancify; prettify (make more beautiful)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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