tress (redirected from tressing)

tress  (trs)

n.

1. A long lock or ringlet of hair.

2. Archaic A plait or braid of hair.

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[Middle English tresse, from Old French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *trichia, tricia, rope, braid, from Greek trikhi, rope, from thrix, trikh-, hair.]

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tress [trɛs]

n

1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) (often plural) a lock of hair, esp a long lock of woman's hair

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) a plait or braid of hair

vb (tr)

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) to arrange in tresses

[from Old French trece, of uncertain origin]

tressy  adj

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Tress(es) a plait; a braid or lock of hair.

Examples: tress of flowers; of hair, 1386; of rushes; of straw; leafy tresses of the wave, 1810; luxuriant tresses of the maidenhead fern, 1875; radiant tresses of the sun, 1641.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tress - a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair braid, plait, twist coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) queue - a braid of hair at the back of the head pigtail - a plait of braided hair

Translations

tress [tres] N

1. (= lock of hair) → trenza f

2. tresses (= head of hair) → cabellera f, pelo m

tress [ˈtrɛs] n → boucle de cheveux)f >

tress

n (liter) → Locke f (liter)

tress [trɛs] n (liter) → ciocca di capelli

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tress [trɛs] n (liter) → ciocca di capelli