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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɛsɪŋ|-ɛsɪŋ

Noun

material|Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
The activity of getting dressed.

Derived terms

Translations

Hungarian:

: dressing#Swedish|dressing uncountable (2), dressering (1)

Verb

dressing

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Swedish

Noun

dressing IPA: dresiŋ

dressing#English|dressing, a kind of sauce.

category:sv:Foods category:Foods

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Dress \Dress\ (dr[e^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dressed
(dr[e^]st) or Drest; p. pr. & vb. n. Dressing.] [OF.
drecier to make straight, raise, set up, prepare, arrange, F.
dresser, (assumed) LL. directiare, fr. L. dirigere, directum,
to direct; dis- + regere to rule. See Right, and cf.
Address, Adroit, Direct, Dirge.]
1. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to
order. [Obs.]
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At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to
dress thy ways. --Chaucer.
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Note: Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of
"to direct one's step; to address one's self."
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To Grisild again will I me dresse. --Chaucer.
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2. (Mil.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as
soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at
proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks.
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3. (Med.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or
curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a
wounded or diseased part.
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4. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically:
(a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render
suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to
dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather
or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden;
to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress
grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to
dress ores, by sorting and separating them.
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And the Lord God took the man, and put him into
the garden of Eden to dress it. --Gen. ii. 15.
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When he dresseth the lamps he shall burn
incense. --Ex. xxx. 7.
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Three hundred horses . . . smoothly dressed.
--Dryden.
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Dressing their hair with the white sea flower.
--Tennyson
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If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have
dressed his censures in a kinder form.
--Carlyle.
(b) To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to,
as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.
(c) To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body;
to put clothes upon; to apparel; to invest with
garments or rich decorations; to clothe; to deck.
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Dressed myself in such humility. -- Shak.
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Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy
return. --Shak.
(d) To break and train for use, as a horse or other
animal.
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To dress up or To dress out, to dress elaborately,
artificially, or pompously. "You see very often a king of
England or France dressed up like a Julius C[ae]sar."
--Addison.

To dress a ship (Naut.), to ornament her by hoisting the
national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the
jack forward; when dressed full, the signal flags and
pennants are added. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Syn: To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig;
trim; deck; adorn; embellish.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Dressing \Dress"ing\, n.
1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or
attire. --B. Jonson.
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2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to cover
a sore or wound. --Wiseman.
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3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the
surface, it is called a top-dressing.
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4. (Cookery)
(a) A preparation, such as a sauce, to flavor food for
eating; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad.
(b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
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5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing
silk, linen, and other fabrics.
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6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows,
or on a ceiling, etc.
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7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloq.]
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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.

Top-dressing, manure or compost spread over land and not
worked into the soil.
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WordNet dressing
n 1: savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either
the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy
mayonnaise type [syn: salad dressing]
2: a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and
vegetables [syn: stuffing]
3: making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure [syn: fertilization,
fertilisation, fecundation]
4: a cloth covering for a wound or sore [syn: medical dressing]
5: processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
6: the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes [syn: grooming]
7: the act of applying a bandage [syn: bandaging, binding]

Moby Dictionary
Ace bandage , Band-Aid , ablation , abrasion , abrasive , adhesive tape ,
ammonia , apparel , application , array , ass-reaming , attire ,
attrition , band , bandage , bandaging , 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