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dressing

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1. dressing - Noun

2. dressing - Verb

Meaning

of Dress

Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound.

Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.

A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad.

The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.

Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.

An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.

Castigation; scolding; -- often with down.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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All love scenes started on the set are continued in the dressing room. Alfred Hitchcock

Sometimes I spend all day in my dressing gown. But if I do dress, I make myself ravishing because then, I feel ravishing. Eloisa James

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not. Oscar Wilde

...People that don't have any interest in the psychology of nuance, who need everything to be in their face, who don't want to analyze... those aren't the people I romanticize about dressing. Marc Jacobs

Beauty is ten, nine of which is dressing. Azerbaijani Proverb

Fine dressing is a foul house, swept before the windows. French Proverb

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