dressing

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛsɪŋ

From Middle English dressing, dressinge, dressynge, equivalent to dress +‎ -ing.

dressing (countable and uncountable, plural dressings)

1. (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     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.
3. Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
4. The activity of getting dressed.
   • 2004, Kathryn Banks, Joseph Harris, Exposure: Revealing Bodies, Unveiling Representations (page 182)

     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. (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)

6. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
7. Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
8. An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
9. (dated) Castigation; scolding; dressing down.
10. (dated) the process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals

From Middle English dressynge, dressande, equivalent to dress +‎ -ing.

dressing

1. present participle of dress

• IPA^(key): /dʁɛ.siŋ/

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dressing m (plural dressings)

1. wardrobe
2. dressing room (small walk-in room off a bedroom)

• IPA^(key): /dresiŋ/

dressing c

1. dressing, a kind of sauce.