simple dress

collocation in English

meaningsofsimpleanddress

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simple
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪm.pəl/us
/ˈsɪm.pəl/
easy to understand or do; ...
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dress
noun
uk
/dres/us
/dres/
a piece of clothing that covers the top half of the body and hangs down over the legs, usually worn by women and ...
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(Definition ofsimpleanddressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsimple dress

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Too late he is prepared fully to appreciate the "dove-like" modesty andsimpledressof his dead wife.
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Eventually they settled on asimpledressof a plain habit of black and a pale blue veil.
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Hersimpledressis bluish-grey and falls freely all the way down to the little whitish cloud on which she is standing.
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The "kittel", or "sargenes", is used as a burial shroud, providingsimpledressthat assures equality for all in death.
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He did the houseworks for his sick wife, and his modesty andsimpledressoften caused visitors to mistake him for a servant.
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She is the image of a young girl wearing asimpledressand a sad or contemplative expression, with her head tilted to the left.
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He usedsimpledressand ate simple food.
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It was claimed that they would offer help where a simple dressing, a splint or a stitch was necessary.
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In order to show how the fabric could be used, the company then designed and sold a line of simple dresses using their fabric.
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Despite her favored state, however, she only wore simple dresses rather than elaborate designs, as a means of savings.
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Worth made a few simple dresses for his wife and customers started to ask for copies of the dresses as well.
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