dressing
See also: Dressing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsɪŋ
Etymology 1
From Middle English dressing, dressinge, dressynge, equivalent to dress + -ing.
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.
- (cooking) A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
- 2021 July 21, Gabrielle Hamilton, “A Salad So Good You Can Eat It for Breakfast”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- I was even more excited to tailor it with a choice of dressings — blue cheese, ranch, French, Russian, Italian, creamy Italian.
- 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.
- (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
- 1609 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):
- Women ought to repair the losses , time and years have made in their features, with dressings
- The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
- Synonym: 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; a dressing down.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 71:
- "I once saw what a dressing he gave a silly chattering fool, that answered his challenge some time before."
- (dated) The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.
- (Maine) Manure that's applied to one's garden.
Derived terms
- boiled dressing
- Catalina dressing
- cross-dressing
- dressing-bell
- dressing-boy
- dressing case
- dressing code
- dressing-down
- dressing forceps
- dressing-gown
- dressing gown
- dressing jacket
- dressing mirror
- dressing sack
- dressing station
- dressing stick
- dressing table
- field dressing
- freedom dressing
- French dressing
- investment dressing
- island dressing
- Italian dressing
- Louis dressing
- ore dressing
- pick dressing
- power dressing
- ranch dressing
- Russian dressing
- salad dressing
- Thousand Island dressing
- wafu dressing
- well dressing
- window dressing
Descendants
- → German: Dressing
Translations
material applied to a wound
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sauce, especially a cold one for salads — see also salad dressing
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something added to the soil as a fertilizer
activity of getting dressed
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stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc. — see forcemeat
castigation; scolding
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process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals
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Etymology 2
From Middle English dressynge, dressande, equivalent to dress + -ing.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɛ.sɪŋ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dres‧sing
- Rhymes: -ɛsɪŋ
See also
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʁɛ.siŋ/, /dʁe.siŋ/
Audio (file)
Noun
dressing m (plural dressings)
- dressing room (small walk-in room off a bedroom)
- Synonym: dressing room
- wardrobe
Middle English
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɛ.siŋk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛsiŋk
- Syllabification: dre‧ssing
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dresiŋ/
Declension
Declension of dressing | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | dressing | dressingen | dressingar | dressingarna |
Genitive | dressings | dressingens | dressingars | dressingarnas |
References
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