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costume:

The noun costume has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (7) costume -- (the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume")
2. (1) costume -- (unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume")
3. costume -- (the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments))
4. costume -- (the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume")

The verb costume has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) costume, dress up -- (dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins")
2. costume -- (furnish with costumes; as for a film or play)

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