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as in dress
a garment with a joined blouse and skirt usually worn by a woman or girl
a shopping trip for the express purpose of finding the perfect gown for the wedding
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as in pajamas
a loose pullover garment worn in bed
answered the front door still dressed in the gown that she had been sleeping in
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as in to dress
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
a Renaissance portrait of a queen gowned in exotic silks and satins
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Recent Examples of gown
Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Dunne has also become a red carpet fixture, attending the 2025 BBWAA Awards Dinner in February in a navy halter gown.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 25 Mar. 2025
For her latest feat, the actress stunned in a Zuhair Murad gown at a Clarins ICONS event in Los Angeles.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 25 Mar. 2025
Every gown tells a story, and each client becomes part of an ever-evolving narrative.
—Alexandra York, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Holly Madison shut down the red carpet, arriving in a stunning partially backless gown, as did Bravo's Dr. Heavenly Kimes and her husband, Dr. Damon Kimes, who added a touch of reality TV glamour.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Dunne has also become a red carpet fixture, attending the 2025 BBWAA Awards Dinner in February in a navy halter gown.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 25 Mar. 2025
For her latest feat, the actress stunned in a Zuhair Murad gown at a Clarins ICONS event in Los Angeles.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 25 Mar. 2025
Every gown tells a story, and each client becomes part of an ever-evolving narrative.
—Alexandra York, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gown
Noun
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Just reference these outfits any time wearing dresses with sandals starts to feel stale.—
Isabel Serra,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2025
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Speaking of which, the pregnant mother wore a black strapless dress with a large long bow on the front and a side part bun for her maternity shoot.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Mourners clad in black and white streamed into the theater and some doubled over in tears as a recording of Pérez singing the national anthem played.—
Martín Adames Alcántara,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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Kid Rock in the Oval Office—executive order, clad in a loud red outfit and a cowboy hat with rhinestones, executive order.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Aging mansions, castles, stagecoaches, distraught women in nightgowns, and a madman in an asylum are all present and accounted for.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Its styling nods to iconic Italian bombshells like Sophia Loren and Monica Bellucci, with bralettes, chemises, nightgowns, robes, and underwear that cling to your curves and accentuate the waist and bust.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
20 Dec. 2024
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There are animatronic dragons poking out of their little homes, walk-around dragons created with a bit of puppetry and costuming magic, and dragons that appear to walk and move completely on their own.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
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That the four central characters don disguises, along with the revelers who have been required to come costumed, propels the plot, as well as adds a note of Shakespearean carnivalesque.—
Elizabeth Toohey,
The Christian Science Monitor,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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With my hair one day past acceptably unwashed and my weird nightdress.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
29 Nov. 2023
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This modest short-sleeve nightdress features wide arm and neck holes for a comfortably loose fit.—
Erica Reagle,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 June 2023
Noun
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My great-grandmother in Georgia always wore a full-length dressing gown, while one of my Ohio grandmothers liked silky two-piece sets, and the other preferred flannel nightshirts with a rounded yoke that looked like something out of Little House on the Prairie.—
Clint Davis,
Southern Living,
21 Dec. 2024
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Petite Plume also sells silk pajama sets and nightshirts in whimsical prints, to make for a memorable gift.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The White House posted photos of the president dressed in golfing attire the previous evening while watching U.S. forces hit Houthis rebels in Yemen who’ve been targeting Israeli and U.S. vessels in the Red Sea.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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In a portrait that is emblematic of her art, Gottfried photographed a circus entertainer dressed in a top hat and white tie, accompanied by his two canine partners, also formally attired, the large Doberman pinscher in a white tie and a turban, the miniature pinscher with a frilly collar.—
Arthur Lubow,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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One of the owners of Trashy Lingerie, a Los Angeles lingerie and costume boutique, allegedly shot and killed his brother in order to save their mother.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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In a few of the tapestries in her new solo show, which opens this week at London’s Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, the artist poses in lingerie, but parts of her body are erased, cropped or censored by heavy pixelation.—
Nicole Acheampong,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Gown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gown. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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