cross-dress en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɹɔsˈdɹɛs/ (US)
- /ˈkɹɒsˈdɹɛs/ (US)
Etymology
From cross- + dress.
Meanings
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To wear clothes typically associated with the opposite sex.
The need to cross-dress is no more understood than the natural forms of differing sexual orientation.
1976 December 11, Sarah Montgomery, “Plea For Tolerance”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 4:
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To display (on the surface of a dendritic cell) antigens produced by a different cell.
Such DC are cross-dressed because they are wearing peptide-MHC complexes generated by other cells.
2006 November 1, Brian P. Dolan et al., “Dendritic Cells Cross-Dressed with Peptide MHC Class I Complexes Prime CD8+ T Cells”, in Journal of Immunology, volume 177, number 9, →DOI, pages 6018–6024:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cross-dressing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cross-dressed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cross-dressed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| cross-dresses | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| crossdress | alternative | lexicographic | |
| xdress | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cross-dressing · cross-dresser
Synonyms
Translations (16)
cmn 女裝 /女装 (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · ja 女装する (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · ga trasghléas (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · pl przebierać się w odzież płci przeciwnej (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · ru переодева́ться (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · cmn 易裝 /易装 (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · cmn 異裝 /异装 (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · pt travestir (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · cmn 反串 (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · cmn 男裝 /男装 (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · cmn 變裝 /变装 (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · ja 男装する (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · cmn 扮裝 /扮装 (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · pt transvestir (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · fi pukeutua ristiin (to wear clothes of the opposite sex) · pl przebrać się w odzież płci przeciwnej (to wear clothes of the opposite sex)