Need help please. Synonym for 'wearing'.

Thinking SpainCould 'has on the body' be a good synonym for 'is wearing' in the following sentence? no She is wearing a beautiful summer dress.
Also, synonyms are single words.

c45

Hi canadian45,

Thank you for the reply. You are right. I'll rephrase then.

Could 'has on the body' be a good explanation for 'is wearing' in the following sentence? If not could you suggest one please?

She is wearing a beautiful summer dress.

Here are a few with a similar meaning ...

She was adorned by a beautiful summer dress.

She is draped in a beautiful summer dress.

She is garbed in a beautiful summer dress.

I prefer draped if the dress was the focus of beauty but adorned if the woman was the focus.

Or with some more changes ...

A beautiful summer dress clung to her.

A

Hi Spikey One,

Welcome to the forun and thanks a lot for your reply and given possibilities.

The thing is that they are beginners students. That's why I'm asking is 'has on the body' is an appropriate explanation for 'is wearing' in the sentence given.

She is wearing a beautiful summer dress.

She is wearing a bikini.

Best,

TS

Thinking SpainShe is wearing a beautiful summer dress.

She has put on a beautiful summer dress.

That changes from the stative idea of wearing to the dynamic idea of putting on, but the two sentences effectively mean the same thing.

You might use "has on", but that's not so common an expression.

CJ

Hi Jim,

Thank you for your reply.

These two sentences effectively mean the same thing:

She is wearing a b

Thinking SpainShe has on the body a beautiful summer dress. (not so common)

No.

She has on the body a beautiful summer dress. (not used)

She has a beautiful summer dress on her body.

(more like English word order and word choice, but also not used)

She has on a beautiful summer dress. (possible, but n

Hi Jim,

Thanks again. For further explanations for the verb 'wear, for example: She is wearing a bikini. She always wears jeans on week-ends. etc.

Can I give the explanation just like this?

Wear: have/has ... on.

Thanks

TS

Thinking SpainCan I give the explanation just like this?
Wear: have/has ... on.

You can. Will that make wear easier to understand? To me, the more difficult concept to understand is have/has ... on, and I would be tempted to explain that idiom as wear.

Hi Jim,

Thanks for your reply.

CalifJimTo explain 4 as 10 - 7 + 6 - 5 seems more complicated than to explain 10 - 7 + 6 - 5 as 4, if you see what I mean.

I guess I do. Number 4 stands for 'wear', doesn't it?

But the thing is that they have these sentences:

She is wearing a bikini.

She is wearing a beautiful summer dr