dressing
/ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/ · noun
Meaning
- Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
- A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
- Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
- The activity of getting dressed.
- Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
- The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
- 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.
- Castigation; scolding; a dressing down.
- The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.
- Manure that's applied to one's garden.
- present participle and gerund of dress
Etymology / origin
From Middle English dressing, dressinge, dressynge, equivalent to dress + -ing.
- dressing,dressinge,dressynge(enm)→
- dressing (English)
- Relations: inh
Related words
Descendant words
- dressing(Dutch) (bor)
- Dressing(German) (bor)
- ドレッシング(Japanese) (bor)
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