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Etymology

From Middle English dressing, dressinge, dressynge, equivalent to dress + -ing.

inherited from dressing,dressinge,dressynge

Definitions

1
Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
- 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.
2
A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
- 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.
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1. 4
  The activity of getting dressed.
  - 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.
2. 5
  Dress
  Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
  - Women ought to repair the losses , time and years have made in their features, with dressings
3. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
4. Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
5. An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
6. 9
  Castigation
  Castigation; scolding; a dressing down.
  - "I once saw what a dressing he gave a silly chattering fool, that answered his challenge some time before."
7. The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.
8. Manure that's applied to one's garden.
9. present participle and gerund of dress

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Derived

blue cheese dressing, boiled dressing, Catalina dressing, cross-dressing, dopamine 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, dressing-up, field dressing, freedom dressing, French dressing, hairdressing, investment dressing, island dressing, Italian dressing, Louis dressing, ore dressing, pick dressing, power dressing, ranch dressing, Rhode Island dressing, Russian dressing, salad dressing, set dressing, stonedressing, Thousand Island dressing, wafu dressing, well dressing · +2 more

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A definitional loop anchored at dressing. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at dressing. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at dressing

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