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Webster 1913 Edition
Dressing
Dress′ing
,Noun.
1.
Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
B. Jonson.
2.
(Surg.)
An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to cover a sore or wound.
Wiseman.
3.
Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.
4.
(Cookery)
(a)
A preparation, such as a sauce, to flavor food for eating; a condiment;
as, a
. dressing
for salad(b)
The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
5.
Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
6.
An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.
7.
Castigation; scolding; – often with
down
. [Colloq.]
Dressing case
, a case of toilet utensils.
– Dressing forceps
, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds.
– Dressing gown
, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown.
– Dressing room
, an apartment appropriated for making one’s toilet.
– Top-dressing
, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dressing
DRESSING
,ppr.
DRESSING
,Noun.
1.
Raiment; attire.2.
That which is used as an application to a wound or sore.3.
That which is used in preparing land for a drop; manure spread over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.4.
In popular language, correction; a flogging, or beating.Definition 2024
dressing
dressing
English
Noun
dressing (countable and uncountable, plural dressings)
- (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination. The elder woman returned with dressings and a sponge, which she placed on a chair.
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- A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
- Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
- The activity of getting dressed.
- 2004, Kathryn Banks, Joseph Harris, Exposure: Revealing Bodies, Unveiling Representations (page 182)
- Considered thus, the performance is a translation into images of bodies on display, as is well demonstrated by Monsieur Jourdain's repeated dressings and undressings.
- 2004, Kathryn Banks, Joseph Harris, Exposure: Revealing Bodies, Unveiling Representations (page 182)
- (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
- Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
- An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
- (dated) Castigation; scolding; dressing down.
- (dated) the process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals
Derived terms
Translations
material applied to a wound
sauce, especially a cold one for salads
something added to the soil as a fertilizer
activity of getting dressed
dress; attire
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stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc. — see forcemeat
substance used for stiffening or finishing
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ornamental finish
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castigation; scolding
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process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals
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Verb
dressing
- present participle of dress
French
Noun
dressing m (plural dressings)
- wardrobe
- dressing room (small walk-in room off of a bedroom)
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dresiŋ/
Noun
dressing c
- dressing, a kind of sauce.
Declension
| Inflection of dressing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | dressing | dressingen | dressingar | dressingarna |
| Genitive | dressings | dressingens | dressingars | dressingarnas |