dressing

Meanings

Noun

• Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
• A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
• Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
• The activity of getting dressed.
• Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
• The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
• Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
• An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
• Castigation; scolding; a dressing down.
• The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.

Verb

• Present participle of dress

Origin

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