dressing

UK /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/ US /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

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.

5

Dress; 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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