Definitions for dressing

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dressing dress·ing

Spelling: [dres-ing]

IPA: /ˈdrɛs ɪŋ/

Dressing is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 268 anagrams from letters in dressing (deginrss).

Definitions for dressing

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that dresses.
2. a sauce for food:
3. stuffing for a fowl:
4. material used to dress or cover a wound.
5. manure, compost, or other fertilizers.
6. the ornamental detail of a building, especially that around openings.
7. an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
8. clothing; apparel; garb:
9. formal attire.
10. a particular form of appearance; guise.
11. outer covering, as the plumage of birds.

Idioms

1. dress ship, to decorate a ship by hoisting lines of flags running its full length. U.S. Navy. to display the national ensigns at each masthead and a larger ensign on the flagstaff.

adjective

1. of or for a dress or dresses.
2. of or for a formal occasion.
3. requiring formal dress.

Verb phrases

1. dress down, to reprimand; scold. to thrash; beat. to dress informally or less formally:
2. dress up, to put on one's best or fanciest clothing; dress relatively formally: to dress in costume or in another person's clothes: to embellish or disguise, especially in order to make more appealing or acceptable:

verb (used with object)

1. to put clothing upon.
2. to put formal or evening clothes on.
3. to trim; ornament; adorn:
4. to design clothing for or sell clothes to.
5. to comb out and do up (hair).
6. to cut up, trim, and remove the skin, feathers, viscera, etc., from (an animal, meat, fowl, or flesh of a fowl) for market or for cooking (often followed by out when referring to a large animal):
7. to prepare (skins, fabrics, timber, stone, ore, etc.) by special processes.
8. to apply medication or a dressing to (a wound or sore).
9. to make straight; bring (troops) into line:
10. to make (stone, wood, or other building material) smooth.
11. to cultivate (land, fields, etc.).
12. Theater. to arrange (a stage) by effective placement of properties, scenery, actors, etc.
13. to ornament (a vessel) with ensigns, house flags, code flags, etc.:
14. Angling. to prepare or bait (a fishhook) for use. to prepare (bait, especially an artificial fly) for use.
15. Printing. to fit (furniture) around and between pages in a chase prior to locking it up.
16. to supply with accessories, optional features, etc.:

verb (used without object)

1. to clothe or attire oneself; put on one's clothes:
2. to put on or wear formal or fancy clothes:
3. to come into line, as troops.
4. to align oneself with the next soldier, marcher, dancer, etc., in line.

Origin of dressing

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at dress, -ing¹

Examples for dressing

He once experimented with dressing as “Hilda the Wicked Witch” as a way to expand his business to Halloween.

All the time he was dressing and taking his coffee he could hear her talking to some one.

In his dressing room he kept a large open bible in which he daily read.

dressing herself as quickly as possible, she hurried to go downstairs.

Followers had traveled many miles to mourn the loss, and aid in the ritual washing, dressing, and honoring of the body.

Now hurry into your dressing gown and let's begin our letters.

Still, the first color we reach for when dressing for a funeral is black.

We say our hellos, and he guides me backstage, up three flights of stairs, and into his dressing room.

You will observe that she has fine rugs in her dressing room and bathroom.

Women are berated—and berate themselves—for dressing too sexily.