ALL meanings of dressing
dress·ing
D d - noun dressing for salad 1
- noun dressing bandage 1
- noun dressing process 1
- noun dressing stuffing 1
- noun dressing an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 1
- noun dressing clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 1
- noun dressing formal attire. 1
- noun dressing a particular form of appearance; guise. 1
- noun dressing outer covering, as the plumage of birds. 1
- adjective dressing of or for a dress or dresses. 1
- adjective dressing of or for a formal occasion. 1
- adjective dressing requiring formal dress. 1
- noun dressing A sauce for salads, typically one consisting of oil and vinegar mixed together with herbs or other flavorings. 1
- verb with object dressing to put clothing upon. 1
- verb with object dressing to put formal or evening clothes on. 1
- verb with object dressing to trim; ornament; adorn: to dress a store window; to dress a Christmas tree. 1
- verb with object dressing to design clothing for or sell clothes to. 1
- verb with object dressing to comb out and do up (hair). 1
- verb with object dressing to cut up, trim, and remove the skin, feathers, viscera, etc., from (an animal, meat, fowl, or flesh of a fowl) for market or for cooking (often followed by out when referring to a large animal): We dressed three chickens for the dinner. He dressed out the deer when he got back to camp. 1
- verb with object dressing to prepare (skins, fabrics, timber, stone, ore, etc.) by special processes. 1
- verb with object dressing to apply medication or a dressing to (a wound or sore). 1
- verb with object dressing to make straight; bring (troops) into line: to dress ranks. 1
- verb with object dressing to make (stone, wood, or other building material) smooth. 1
- verb with object dressing to cultivate (land, fields, etc.). 1
- verb with object dressing Theater. to arrange (a stage) by effective placement of properties, scenery, actors, etc. 1
- verb with object dressing to ornament (a vessel) with ensigns, house flags, code flags, etc.: The bark was dressed with masthead flags only. 1
- verb with object dressing Angling. to prepare or bait (a fishhook) for use. to prepare (bait, especially an artificial fly) for use. 1
- verb with object dressing Printing. to fit (furniture) around and between pages in a chase prior to locking it up. 1
- verb with object dressing to supply with accessories, optional features, etc.: to have one's new car fully dressed. 1
- verb without object dressing to clothe or attire oneself; put on one's clothes: Wake up and dress, now! 1
- verb without object dressing to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes: to dress for dinner. 1
- verb without object dressing to come into line, as troops. 1
- verb without object dressing to align oneself with the next soldier, marcher, dancer, etc., in line. 1
- idioms dressing dress ship, to decorate a ship by hoisting lines of flags running its full length. U.S. Navy. to display the national ensigns at each masthead and a larger ensign on the flagstaff. 1
- variable noun dressing A salad dressing is a mixture of oil, vinegar, and herbs or flavourings, which you pour over salad. 0
- countable noun dressing A dressing is a covering that is put on a wound to protect it while it heals. 0
- noun dressing a sauce for food, esp for salad 0
- noun dressing a mixture of chopped and seasoned ingredients with which poultry, meat, etc, is stuffed before cooking 0
- noun dressing a covering for a wound, sore, etc 0
- noun dressing manure or artificial fertilizer spread on land 0
- noun dressing size used for stiffening textiles 0
- noun dressing the processes in the conversion of certain rough tanned hides into leather ready for use 0
- noun dressing the act of one that dresses 0
- noun dressing that which is used to dress something, as manure applied to soil or medicines and bandages applied to wounds 0
- noun dressing a substance used to stiffen fabric during manufacture 0
- noun dressing a sauce as for salads 0
- noun dressing a mixture as of bread and seasoning, used for stuffing roast fowl, etc. 0
- noun dressing (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy. 0
- noun dressing A sauce, especially a cold one for salads. 0
- noun dressing Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc. 0