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cross-dress

Verb CEFR C1
ˈkɹɔsˈdɹɛs

Definitions

  1. To wear clothes typically associated with the opposite sex.
  2. To display (on the surface of a dendritic cell) antigens produced by a different cell.

Equivalents

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Examples

“The need⟳ to cross-dress is no more understood than the natural forms of differing sexual orientation.”
“Such DC are cross-dressed because they are wearing peptide-MHC complexes generated by other cells.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

cross-dressed cross-dresses cross-dressing cross-exam cross-examed cross-examine

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