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dress up meaning in Tamil

புனை puṉai

dress up in Tamil: புனை (puṉai). In English, dress up means to put on special or fancy clothes.

Tamil words for dress up

to dress up, put on
புனை puṉai

English meaning of dress up

  1. verb To put on special or fancy clothes.
  2. verb To put on a costume portraying oneself as a particular type of character or well-known person.
  3. verb To put a costume on (someone) portraying them as a particular type of character or well-known person.
  4. verb To decorate; to prettify.

Full definition of dress up

dress up in a sentence

  • Everyone dressed up for the graduation ball.
  • I want a job where I don't have to dress up.
  • We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.

Synonyms of dress up

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Questions about dress up in Tamil

What is the meaning of dress up in Tamil?
Dress up in Tamil is புனை (puṉai).
dress up என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Dress up: புனை (puṉai).
What does dress up mean in English?
Dress up means to put on special or fancy clothes.

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Tamil words from Wiktionary's Tamil entries whose English meaning is “dress up”: புனை. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: dress up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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