dressing
noun/ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/
Etymology From Middle English dressing, dressinge, dressynge, equivalent to dress + -ing.
11 senses
- 1Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
- 2A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
- 3Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
- 4The activity of getting dressed.
- 5Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
- 6The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
- 7Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk…
- 8An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors…
- 9Castigation; scolding; a dressing down.
- 10The process of extracting metals or other valuable…
- 11Manure that's applied to one's garden.
1
Medicine, Sciences Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
- 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.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- I was even more excited to tailor it with a choice of dressings — blue cheese, ranch, French, Russian, Italian, creamy Italian.2021 July 21, Gabrielle Hamilton, “A Salad So Good You Can Eat It for Breakfast”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
3
Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
4
The activity of getting dressed.
- 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:
5
Obsolete Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
- Women ought to repair the losses , time and years have made in their features, with dressings1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
6
The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
7
Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
8
An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
9
Dated Castigation; scolding; a dressing down.
- "I once saw what a dressing he gave a silly chattering fool, that answered his challenge some time before."1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 71:
10
Dated The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.
11
Maine Manure that's applied to one's garden.
- Derived terms
42 terms
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