dressing definition
Overview
This page has 17 definitions of dressing with English translations in 6 languages. Dressing is a noun and verb. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
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English dressing definition
Pronunciation
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[1]:
- 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.
- 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.
- 1609 December (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342, (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, H.L. Brækstad, transl., 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.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → German: Dressing
Translations
material applied to a wound
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sauce, especially a cold one for salads — See also translations at salad dressing
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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.
Verb
dressing
Dutch dressing definition
Etymology
Borrowed from English dressing.
Pronunciation
Noun
dressing m (plural dressings, diminutive dressinkje n)
See also
French dressing definition
Pronunciation
Noun
dressing m (plural dressings)
- dressing room (small walk-in room off a bedroom)
- Synonym: dressing room
- wardrobe
Further reading
- “dressing” in Cordial.
- “dressing” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
- “dressing” in L'Internaute.
Middle English dressing definition
Noun
dressing
- Alternative form of dressynge
Polish dressing definition
Etymology
Borrowed from English dressing.
Pronunciation
Noun
dressing m inan
- dressing (sauce, especially a cold one for salads)
Declension
Declension of dressing
Further reading
- dressing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dressing in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish dressing definition
Pronunciation
Noun
dressing c
- dressing, a kind of sauce.
Declension
| Declension of dressing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | dressing | dressingen | dressingar | dressingarna |
| Genitive | dressings | dressingens | dressingars | dressingarnas |