dressing

[DressĀ·ing]

A cloth covering for a wound or sore

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Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

Noun
the act of applying a bandage

Noun
the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes

Noun
processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather

Noun
a cloth covering for a wound or sore

Noun
making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

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Noun
a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables

Noun
savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Dress

n.
Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

n.
An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound.

n.
Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.

n.
A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad.

n.
The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.

n.
Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.

n.
An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.

n.
Castigation; scolding; -- often with down.


Dressing

Dress"ing, n. 1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. B. Jonson. 2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to 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 to fit food for use; 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. -- Dressing table, a table at which a person may dress, and on which articles for the toilet stand. -- Top-dressing, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil.

Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

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Usage Examples

Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I'm past that age.

But it was great, we sit in the same dressing room where, like, Johnny Cash sat and Willie Nelson and all those guys. That was in itself something amazing - I was on the same space these guys stood on, ya know?

I love glamour and artificial beauty. I love the idea of artifice and dressing up and makeup and hair.

I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.

I can make dressing - or stuffing. Y'all call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. It's really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that.

There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing.

The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have you, o Liberty, do not know. you. Those who do not have you should not speak of you, but win you.

I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room.

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Other Usage Examples

Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when they write: they're casting, they're dressing the scene, they're working out where the energy of the scene is coming from and they're also relying tremendously on the creative imagination of the reader.

Acting is not about dressing up. Acting is about stripping bare. The whole essence of learning lines is to forget them so you can make them sound like you thought of them that instant.

I wake up every morning and I feel like I'm juggling glass balls. I live in Los Angeles, my business is run out of London, and most evenings I'm cuddled up in front of Skype, in my dressing gown, speaking with my studio in London. I travel a lot, my team travel a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

I mean when you come into the set at 7:30 in the morning and you come out of make-up and the first thing you know, the ladies start coming into our dressing rooms at 7:45.

In their heyday, the Pet Shop Boys were the Interpol of the Eighties, dressing up to sing really weird pop songs about lust and loneliness in the big city. They're low-pro now, not retro-worshipped in the manner of Depeche Mode, New Order, or The Cure, but you can hear the reason why - these guys are too sad.

I'm a big proponent of young women dressing appropriately in the workplace to get ahead. We need to demand respect as women, and part of that involves how we present ourselves.

I often feel like I have this spirit living inside of me, always dressing in like short mini skirts... but then I start to discover myself. So there are eight spirits, mischievous ones, sad ones, handsome ones, wise ones, and crazy ones.

I'll do strength training in my dressing room between shoots, and I've been known to make business calls while out jogging. I try to mute myself on Bluetooth so they can't hear me huffing and puffing, but I usually end up getting caught.

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