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dressmake

dressmake verb: to make (a dress or dresses).

Verb

dressmake (third-person singular simple present dressmakes, present participle dressmaking, simple past and past participle dressmade)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make (a dress or dresses).
    • She dressmakes for $1.50 a day (when she can get it) and embroiders centrepieces in the evening.1912, Jean Webster, Daddy-Long-Legs
    • With Easter almost here, Corette, as suit-minded as you are, dressmakes a suit slip with a white bias top, prettily appliqued and embroidered […]1948 March 22, LIFE, page 126

Forms of dressmake

third-person singular presentdressmakes
present participledressmaking
past participledressmade
pastdressmade

Origin of dressmake

Back-formation from dressmaking.

Questions about dressmake

What does dressmake mean?
Dressmake means to make (a dress or dresses).
What part of speech is dressmake?
Dressmake is a verb.
What is the past tense of dressmake?
The past tense of dressmake is dressmade.

Words near dressmake in the dictionary

  1. Dresslers
  2. dressless
  3. dresslessness
  4. dresslike
  5. dressmade
  6. dressmake
  7. dressmaker
  8. dressmaker's ham
  9. dressmakers
  10. dressmakers' hams
  11. dressmakery

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