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dressing
[dres-ing] 
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dress
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing |
| Synonyms: | adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bundle up, change, clad, clothe, costume, cover, deck, decorate, don, drape, embellish, fit out, furbish, garb, ornament, outfit, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, slip into, slip on, spruce up, suit up, trim, turn out, wear |
| Antonyms: | bare, disrobe, lay bare, unclothe, undress |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover a wound |
| Synonyms: | attend, bandage, bind, cauterize, cleanse, give first aid, heal, plaster, sew up, sterilize, treat |
| Antonyms: | open, uncover, undress |
| Main Entry: | dressing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a food mixture |
| Synonyms: | filling, forcemeat, stuffing |
| Notes: | gravy initially described a spicy sauce; gravy now is a souplike addition to meats, sauce is for meat and pastas, etc., and dressing is reserved for salads (and also means 'stuffing' in the U.S.) while au jus is 'with natural juices' |
| Main Entry: | dressing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the act of clothing |
| Synonyms: | adorning, appareling, arraying, decking, getting dressed, robing |
| Main Entry: | dressing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fertilizer |
| Synonyms: | compost, humus, manure |
| Main Entry: | attire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clothe |
| Synonyms: | accoutre, array, clad, costume, deck, deck out, doll up, drape, dress, dud, dude up, equip, fit out, outfit, suit up, tog, turn out |
| Notes: | apparel highlights the sense of clothes as material; attire, the sense of clothes as dress |
| Antonyms: | disrobe |
| Main Entry: | balm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oily substance |
| Synonyms: | analgesic, application, balsam, cerate, compound, cream, demulcent, dressing, embrocation, emollient, formula, lotion, medicine, ointment, potion, poultice, preparation, prescription, salve, soother, soothing agent, unction, unguent |
| Main Entry: | bandage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering for wound |
| Synonyms: | cast, compress, dressing, gauze, plaster |
| Main Entry: | bandage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cover a wound |
| Synonyms: | bind, dress, swathe, truss, wrap |
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