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# dressing

«dressing» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sauce, usually of oil, vinegar or cream, poured over…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dressing; a dressing, dressings); also the -ing form of dress (dress, dresses, dressed, dressing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sauce, usually of oil, vinegar or cream, poured over salad: «salad dressing». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#m1)

2) A covering such as a pad or bandage put on a wound to protect it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#m2)

3) (US) Stuffing for a turkey or chicken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#m3)

4) (verb) Putting clothes on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#m4)

5) Getting a salad, a wound, or a shop window ready: «window dressing». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#m5)

6) A dressing-gown is a loose robe worn over pyjamas or nightclothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In first aid lessons, a sterile dressing covers a cut to keep germs out. In cooking, dressing is the sauce for salad. In everyday life, «getting dressed» and «dressing up» (in costumes) are common. Phrases: «salad dressing», «a wound dressing», «dressing gown» (UK, a robe), «dressing room», «dressing-down» (a telling-off), «dressing up».

### examples

- Pour the dressing over the salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#x1)
- The nurse put a clean dressing on the cut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#x2)
- (US) We had turkey with dressing at Thanksgiving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#x3)
- Hurry up, you're still dressing! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#x4)
- Put your dressing gown on, it's cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#x5)
- The actors changed in the dressing room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#x6)
- The coach gave the team a real dressing-down after they lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#x7)
- The General was walking about in his dressing-gown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/#x8)

### note

Countable or uncountable for salad dressing. «Dressing gown» (UK, Aus) = «bathrobe/robe» (US). In first aid, wash your hands before touching a dressing and ask an adult for help with deep cuts.

### In the corpora

- [He wears a long dressing-gown, carries a flat candlestick, and «had probably been on his way to bed».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger/13/)
- [Shake a bottle of salad dressing and the oil breaks into tiny droplets for a while, but the droplets soon join up again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/7-oil-and-water/2/)
- [Mustard or egg yolk helps oil droplets stay apart longer in a dressing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/7-oil-and-water/7/)
- [Breakfast takes 20 minutes and washing and dressing take 25 minutes, so he must get up by 7:00.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/39-time-and-routines/7/)
- [When dressing, underwear goes on first, then clothes, then socks and shoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dressing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dressing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.