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window-dress

window-dress verb: to decorate the window of a shop.

Verb

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

  1. To decorate the window of a shop
  2. To give something superficial attractiveness

Forms of window-dress

third-person singular presentwindow-dresses
present participlewindow-dressing
past participlewindow-dressed
pastwindow-dressed

Questions about window-dress

What does window-dress mean?
Window-dress means to decorate the window of a shop.
What part of speech is window-dress?
Window-dress is a verb.
What is the past tense of window-dress?
The past tense of window-dress is window-dressed.

Words near window-dress in the dictionary

  1. window-breaker
  2. window-cleaner
  3. window-cleaners
  4. window-down
  5. window-downs
  6. window-dress
  7. window-dressed
  8. window-dresser
  9. window-dressers
  10. window-dresses
  11. window-dressing

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