dressing
pronunciation
How to pronounce dressing in British English:
UK [ˈdresɪŋ]
How to pronounce dressing in American English:
US [ˈdresɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
- a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- a cloth covering for a wound or sore
- processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
- the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
- the act of applying a bandage
Word Origin
- dressing (n.)
- mid-14c., verbal noun from dress (v.). Sense in cookery is from c. 1500. Meaning "bandage" is first recorded 1713. Dressing gown attested from 1777; dressing room from 1670s.
Example
- 1. I loved dressing both of my trophies .
- 2. But dressing that accomplishment up as a green technology is greenwash .
- 3. Dressing loeffler was much harder . He wouldn 't let me take him shopping .
- 4. Women 's self temperament is more important except the dressing and making ups , and how the rings is developed ?
- 5. This need could be expressed in a personal dressing style , for example , but the easiest and most anonymous way is the internet .