dressing
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈdɹɛsɪŋ//
Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
Substantiv
- 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.
- 3
Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
- 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.
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veraltetDress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
Women ought to repair the losses , time and years have made in their features, with dressings
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The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
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Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
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An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
- 9
veraltendCastigation; scolding; a dressing down.
"I once saw what a dressing he gave a silly chattering fool, that answered his challenge some time before."
- 10
veraltendThe process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.
- 11
Manure that's applied to one's garden.
Herkunft
From Middle English dressing, dressinge, dressynge, equivalent to dress + -ing.
Verb
- 1
Auch eine Form von dresspresent participle and gerund of dress
Herkunft
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Formen
- Plural
- dressings
dressing · Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
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