About The Word Dressing
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Dressing
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What's The Definition Of Dressing?
[n] the act of applying a bandage
[n] the activity of getting dressed [n] processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather [n] a cloth covering for a wound or sore [n] making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [n] a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables [n] savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type Synonyms | Synonyms for Dressing: bandaging | binding | fecundation | fertilisation | fertilization | grooming | medical dressing | salad dressing | stuffing Related Terms | Find terms related to Dressing: ablation | abrasion | abrasive | Ace bandage | adhesive tape | ammonia | apparel | application | array | ass-reaming | attire | attrition | band | bandage | bandaging | Band-Aid | bawling-out | bedizenment | binder | brace | buffing | burnishing | cast | castor-bean meal | cataplasm | chafe | chafing | chewing | clothes | clothing | commercial fertilizer | compost | compress | contour plowing | costume | cotton | court plaster | cravat | cultivating | cultivation | culture | cussing-out | detrition | drapery | dress | dressing-down | duds | dung | elastic bandage | enrichener | epithem | erasure | erosion | fallowing | farce | fashion | fatigues | feathers | fertilizer | fig | filing | forcemeat | four-tailed bandage | fretting | furrowing | galling | garb | garments | gauze | gear | going-over | grazing | grinding | guano | guise | habiliment | habit | harrowing | hoeing | investiture | investment | jacking-up | limation | linen | lint | listing | manure | muck | night soil | nitrate | nitrogen | organic fertilizer | phosphate | plaster | plaster cast | pledget | plowing | polishing | poultice | pruning | rags | raiment | raking-down | rasping | reaming | reaming-out | roasting | robes | roller | roller bandage | rubber bandage | rubbing away | sandblasting | sanding | scouring | scrape | scraping | scratch | scratching | scrub | scrubbing | scuff | setdown | shining | sling | smoothing | speaking-to | splint | sponge | sportswear | stuffing | stupe | style | superphosphate | talking-to | tampon | tape | tent | thinning | threads | tilling | togs | toilette | tourniquet | triangular bandage | trim | vestment | vesture | wear | wearing apparel | wearing away | weeding | what-for | working See Also | anchovy dressing | bandage | bleu cheese dressing | blue cheese dressing | cataplasm | cloth covering | compress | concoction | conversion | covering | enrichment | farce | forcemeat | French dressing | half-and-half dressing | intermixture | Italian dressing | Lorenzo dressing | mayonnaise | medical aid | medical care | mixture | oyster dressing | oyster stuffing | plaster | poultice | primping | Roquefort dressing | Russian dressing | Russian mayonnaise | salad cream | sauce | sauce Louis | sauce vinaigrette | surgical dressing | Thousand Island dressing | toilet | top dressing | turkey stuffing | vinaigrette Dressing In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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