CLOTHING VOCABULARY

*CLOTHING VOCABULARY*

Do up

Meaning: Fasten an item of clothing
Example: You don’t need to do up the top button.

Dress up

Meaning: Dress (oneself or another) in your best clothes
Example: You don’t need to dress up. It’s just a family get-together.

Dress up

Meaning: Put on fancy dress in children’s games
Example: For her birthday party, they had dressed her up as a fairy.

Dress down

Meaning: Wear clothes that are more informal than those you usually wear
Example: He dressed down on his first date.

Hang out

Meaning: Dry clothes outside after washing
Example: Have you hung the washing out?

Hang up

Meaning: Put something on a hook or a hanger
Example: The women hung up their coats and sat down.

Have on

Meaning: Wear an item of clothing on one’s person
Example: Melissa had her new dress on.

Kick off

Meaning: Make your shoes come off by shaking your feet
Example: He kicked his shoes off as soon as he got home.

Put on

Meaning: Dress yourself or someone else with an item or items of clothing
Example: She put on her coat and went out.

Slip on

Meaning: Put on an item of clothing easily
Example: She slipped her sandals on before she went into the sea.

Take off

Meaning: Remove any item of clothing
Example: Anna took off her sandals.

Take in

Meaning: Make clothing narrower
Example: I’ll have to take this dress in at the waist – it’s too big.

Take up

Meaning: Reduce the length of a piece of clothing
Example: I want to take this pair of pants up. It’s too long.

Try on

Meaning: Put on an item of clothing to find out whether it fits or is suitable
Example: What a lovely dress! Why don’t you try it on?

Throw on

Meaning: Put on a piece of clothing quickly and carelessly
Example: She just threw on the first skirt she found.

Turn up

Meaning: Shorten trousers, a dress or a skirt so that they fit better
Example: Her jeans were too long, so she turned them up.

Wrap up

Meaning: Put warm clothes on
Example: I could hear my mother telling me to wrap up warm.

Zip up

Meaning: To be closed by means of a zip
Example: He zipped up his leather jacket.

Let out

Meaning: Make clothing wider
Example: I’m going to have this skirt let out.

Let down

Meaning: Use the extra cloth in the hem of a piece of clothing to make it longer
Example: This skirt needs letting down.

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