(v) make something appear superficially attractive, Syn. window-dress, Example:The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data; Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth
(v) put on clothes, See Also: dress down, dress up, Syn. get dressed, Ant. undress, Example:we had to dress quickly; dress the patient; Can the child dress by herself?
[きめる, kimeru] (v1, vt) (1) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; (2) to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); (3) to persist in doing; to go through with; (4) (as 決めている) to always do; to have made a habit of; (5) to take for granted; to assume; (6) to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; (7) to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; (8) { MA } to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); (P)#4966