dress up

verb

1. 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

2. 2

   dress in a certain manner

   She dresses in the latest Paris fashion

   he dressed up in a suit and tie

3. 3

   dress in a costume

   We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins

4. 4

   make something appear superficially attractive

   The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data

   Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth

5. 5

   put a caparison on

   caparison the horses for the festive occasion