Definition of Attire

1. Noun. Clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion. "Battle dress"


2. Verb. Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive. "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
Exact synonyms: Deck Out, Deck Up, Dress Up, Fancy Up, Fig Out, Fig Up, Get Up, Gussy Up, Overdress, Prink, Rig Out, Tog Out, Tog Up, Trick Out, Trick Up
Specialized synonyms: Dress, Plume, Preen, Primp, Prank, Tart Up, Enrobe, Bedizen, Dizen
Related verbs: Dress, Dress Up, Costume, Dress Up
Generic synonyms: Dress, Get Dressed
Also: Dress
Antonyms: Dress Down, Underdress
Derivative terms: Getup, Rigout

Definition of Attire

1. v. t. To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments.

2. n. Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; esp., ornamental clothing.

Definition of Attire

1. Noun. One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes. ¹

2. Noun. (heraldiccharge) The single horn of a deer or stag. ¹

3. Verb. To dress or garb. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Attire

1. to clothe [v -TIRED, -TIRING, -TIRES] - See also: clothe

Medical Definition of Attire

1. 1. Dress; clothes; headdress; anything which dresses or adorns; especially, ornamental clothing. "Earth in her rich attire." (Milton) "I 'll put myself in poor and mean attire." (Shak) "Can a maid forget her ornament, or a bride her attire?" (Jer. Ii. 32) 2. The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck. 3. The internal parts of a flower, included within the calyx and the corolla. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Attire

atticized
atticizes
atticizing
atticky
atticless
atticlike
atticomastoid
atticotomy
attics
attiguous
attiguousness
attilas
attinge
attinged
attinging
attire (current term)
attired
attirement
attirements
attirer
attirers
attires
attiring
attirings
attitude
attitude-y
attitude indicator
attitude of health personnel
attitude to computers
attitude to death

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