dressing

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
4. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

   “Women ought to repair the losses , time and years have made in their features, with dressings”

6. (countable, uncountable)The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.
7. (countable, uncountable)Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
8. (countable, uncountable)An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
9. (countable, dated, uncountable)Castigation; scolding; a dressing down.

   “"I once saw what a dressing he gave a silly chattering fool, that answered his challenge some time before."”

10. (countable, dated, uncountable)The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.
11. (Maine, countable, uncountable)Manure that's applied to one's garden.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of dress