dressing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/
- 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.
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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
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
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.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʁɛ.siŋ/
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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 |
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