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dressing

[ dres-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that dresses.
  2. a sauce for food:

    salad dressing.

  3. stuffing for a fowl:

    turkey dressing.

  4. material used to dress or cover a wound.
  5. manure, compost, or other fertilizers.
  6. the ornamental detail of a building, especially that around openings.


dressing

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noun

  1. a sauce for food, esp for salad
  2. a mixture of chopped and seasoned ingredients with which poultry, meat, etc, is stuffed before cooking Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)stuffing
  3. a covering for a wound, sore, etc
  4. manure or artificial fertilizer spread on land
  5. size used for stiffening textiles
  6. the processes in the conversion of certain rough tanned hides into leather ready for use
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dressing1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; dress, -ing 1
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Example Sentences

The show also faced heat from Duke University for dressing a character in university merchandise during a graphic scene.

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Some adore it in eggs, and it lends depth to vinaigrettes and dressings.

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Despite the promise, there has been no contact between McKinney and the England set-up, other than what he has been able to glean from having England skipper Stokes alongside him in the Durham dressing room.

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"Everybody's dressing up, including myself! I'm overwhelmed with a lot of emotions, just like trying to learn how to live again. We feel free, we feel light, even the air smells different."

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"Within an hour, his bed and the dressings were soaking wet," Mrs Williams, 53, said.

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