| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing, usually nice |
| Synonyms: | accouter, adorn, appoint, array, attire, beautify, bedeck, clothe, decorate, dress, dress up, embellish, festoon, garland, garnish, grace, gussy up, ornament, prettify, primp, slick, trim |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Antonyms: | disrobe, unclothe |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equip with weapon or power |
| Synonyms: | accouter, appoint, array, deck, equalize, fortify, furnish, gear, gird, guard, heel up, heel, issue, load, load up, lug iron, make ready, mobilize, outfit, pack, pack a rod, prepare, prime, protect, provide, rig, rod up, strengthen, supply, tote |
| Antonyms: | disarm |
| Main Entry: | array |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dress in fine clothes |
| Synonyms: | attire, bedeck, clothe, deck, deck out, decorate, dog out, drape, dud, dude up, fit, fit out, garb, outfit, suit up, tog, try on, turn out, wrap |
| Main Entry: | attire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clothe |
| Synonyms: | accoutre, array, clad, costume, deck, deck out, doll up, drape, dress, dud, dude up, equip, fit out, outfit, suit up, tog, turn out |
| Notes: | apparel highlights the sense of clothes as material; attire, the sense of clothes as dress |
| Antonyms: | disrobe |
| Main Entry: | beautify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make more physically attractive |
| Synonyms: | adorn, array, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, embellish, enhance, garnish, gild, glamorize, grace, improve, make up, ornament, prettify, set off, trim |
| Antonyms: | disfigure, harm, injure, mar, spoil |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
| Synonyms: | KO, beat, beat up, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream*, deck, drub, exceed, excel, flax, floor*, get the better of, knock off, lambaste, let have it, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down, shut down, surpass, take care of, take down, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax, whip*, whomp, whop, wipe out, wipe the floor with, wipe, zap |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, relent, surrender |
| Main Entry: | clothe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover with apparel |
| Synonyms: | accouter, apparel, array, attire, bedizen, bedrape, breech, bundle up, caparison, cloak, coat, costume, dandify, deck, disguise, dizen, do up, drape, dress, dress up, dud, endow, endue, enwrap, equip, fit, fit out, garb, gown, guise, habilitate, habit, invest, jacket, livery, mantle, outfit, primp, raiment, rig, robe, spruce, suit up, swaddle, swathe, tog, turn out, vest |
| Antonyms: | reveal, take off, unclothe, uncover |
| Main Entry: | decorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beautify, embellish |
| Synonyms: | add finishing touches, adorn, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, burnish, color, deck, do up, dress out, dress up, enhance, enrich, festoon, finish, fix up, frill, furbish, garnish, gild, grace, gussy up, idealize, illuminate, jazz up, ornament, paint, perfect, prank, renovate, spruce up, trim |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in athletic contest |
| Synonyms: | KO, beat, bust, clobber, cream*, deck, drop*, drub, edge, flax, flog, floor*, knock out, lambaste*, lick, outhit, outjump, outplay, outrun, overpower, plow under, pommel, pound*, powder, pulverize, run roughshod over, skin*, steamroll, take, take it all, take to cleaners, tan*, thrash, total, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp, win, work over, zap |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, surrender |