Source : WordNet®

dress up
     v 1: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
          attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to
          the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the
          party" [syn: {fig out}, {fig up}, {deck up}, {gussy up},
           {fancy up}, {trick up}, {deck out}, {trick out}, {prink},
           {attire}, {get up}, {rig out}, {tog up}, {tog out}, {overdress}]
          [ant: {dress down}]
     2: make something appear superficially attractive; "The
        researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data";
        "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth" [syn: {window-dress}]
     3: put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive
        occasion" [syn: {caparison}, {bard}]
     4: dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as
        pumpkins" [syn: {costume}]
     5: dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris
        fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie" [syn: {dress}]