dressing

(noun, verb)

noun

1. savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type

Definition categories: food, sauce

2. a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables

Similar word(s): stuffing

Definition categories: food, concoction, intermixture, mixture

3. making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure

Similar word(s): fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization

Definition categories: event, enrichment

4. a cloth covering for a wound or sore

Definition categories: man–made

5. processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather

Definition categories: act, conversion

6. the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes

Similar word(s): grooming

Definition categories: act, covering

7. the act of applying a bandage

Similar word(s): bandaging, binding

Definition categories: act

verb

1. present participle of dress