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dressing the house

dressing the house is the present participle and gerund of dress the house.

Meaning of dress the house

Verb

dress the house (third-person singular simple present dresses the house, present participle dressing the house, simple past and past participle dressed the house)

  1. To position oneself, or others, so as to make the auditorium appear fuller than it really is.
    • […] to pay this tax through inviting a certain class of the public, who are always invited, to theatres of standing to dress the house.1917, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page cccxlvi

Questions about dressing the house

What is dressing the house the present participle and gerund of?
Dressing the house is the present participle and gerund of dress the house.

Words near dressing the house in the dictionary

  1. dressing stations
  2. dressing stick
  3. dressing sticks
  4. dressing table
  5. dressing tables
  6. dressing the house
  7. dressing the part
  8. dressing to kill
  9. dressing up
  10. dressing-bell
  11. dressing-bells

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