What does dressing mean?

Definitions for dressing
ˈdrɛs ɪŋdress·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dressing, salad dressingnoun

    savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type

  2. stuffing, dressingnoun

    a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables

  3. fertilization, fertilisation, fecundation, dressingnoun

    making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

  4. dressing, medical dressingnoun

    a cloth covering for a wound or sore

  5. dressingnoun

    processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather

  6. dressing, groomingnoun

    the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes

  7. dressing, bandaging, bindingnoun

    the act of applying a bandage

Wiktionary

  1. dressingnoun

    Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.

  2. dressingnoun

    A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.

  3. dressingnoun

    Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.

  4. dressingnoun

    The activity of getting dressed.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Dressingnoun

    The application made to a sore.

    Etymology: from dress.

    The second day after we took off the dressings, and found an eschar made by the catheretick. Richard Wiseman, on Tumours.

ChatGPT

  1. dressing

    Dressing refers to either a substance added to food to enhance its flavor or appearance, such as a salad dressing, or the act and process of putting on clothes or covering a wound. It can also refer to the preparation of a particular material in a specific process, like cooking or manufacturing.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dressing

    of Dress

  2. Dressingnoun

    dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire

  3. Dressingnoun

    an application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound

  4. Dressingnoun

    manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing

  5. Dressingnoun

    a preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad

  6. Dressingnoun

    the stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat

  7. Dressingnoun

    gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics

  8. Dressingnoun

    an ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc

  9. Dressingnoun

    castigation; scolding; -- often with down

Wikidata

  1. Dressing

    A dressing is an adjunct used by a person for application to a wound to promote healing and/or prevent further harm. A dressing is designed to be in direct contact with the wound, which makes it different from a bandage, which is primarily used to hold a dressing in place. Some organisations classify them as the same thing and the terms are used interchangeably by some people. Dressings are frequently used in first aid and nursing.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DRESSING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dressing is ranked #106096 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dressing surname appeared 168 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dressing.

    98.8% or 166 total occurrences were White.

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'dressing' in Nouns Frequency: #2846

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dressing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dressing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of dressing in a Sentence

  1. Paper Magazine Abby Schreiber:

    I think it’s up to the individual woman what she wants to wear or not wear, and although, yes, there have been recent trends that emphasize more modest dressing, if a woman wants to show skin, that’s up to her and she should n’t be made to feel embarrassed or ashamed of her choices or be... stereotyped in any way because of them. Modeling agency Maggie, Inc. President Robert Casey responded to the backlash Vogue received on social media. President Robert Casey said the no bust trend is not offensive or body shaming.

  2. Fathima Musthaque:

    Its good (the ban on face covering) but some people will feel some hurt because thats the Islamic culture, when they are dressing (without covering their face), they get a guilty feeling.

  3. Amy Rafferty:

    So now when I cook with sage and smell it wafting through the house I remember my grandma so young, and those days with family( most are gone now) all through such childish and innocent eyes, so, is the sage dressing a good recipe ? Meh. Is it treasured ? Absolutely.

  4. Uvalde Police Department -RRB- McCraw:

    Several times. We had one teacher who said she was always worried about him, he was the one student who scared her most. We discussed, as I mentioned earlier, last year he started dressing like a school shooter, started acting like a school shooter.

  5. Joan Joslin:

    I arrived home at five in the morning and my mother gave me a good dressing down for being out all night -- and I still couldn't tell her.

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