dressing
Definitions
Noun
- Savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin french or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type
- A mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
- Making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure
- A cloth covering for a wound or sore
- Processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather
- The activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
- The act of applying a bandage
Verb
- Put on clothes
- Provide with clothes or put clothes on
- Put a finish on
- Dress in a certain manner
- Dress or groom with elaborate care
- Kill and prepare for market or consumption
- Arrange in ranks
- Decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- Provide with decoration
- Put a dressing on
- Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- Cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
- Convert into leather
- Apply a bandage or medication to
- Give a neat appearance to
- Arrange attractively
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "dressing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dressing | 2 | 22 |
| 2 | addressing | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | dressings | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | hairdressing | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | redressing | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "dressing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | driving | 2 | 53 |
| 2 | dancing | 2 | 43 |
| 3 | darling | 2 | 17 |
| 4 | dropping | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | dragging | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | dwelling | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | adopting | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | dreaming | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | denying | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | drilling | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | addressing | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | admitting | 3 | 8 |
| 13 | dripping | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | dusting | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | admiring | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | decaying | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | deriving | 3 | 4 |
| 18 | drowning | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | drumming | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | dumping | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | adapting | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | advising | 3 | 3 |
| 23 | draining | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | defying | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | delving | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | denting | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | darting | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | deferring | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | dialing | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | differing | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | drooping | 2 | 1 |
| 32 | drugging | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | edifying | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | addicting | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | adhering | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | adorning | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | dairying | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | damping | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | daunting | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | dawdling | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | delaying | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | demurring | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | deterring | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | dettling | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | diapering | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | dickering | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | dierking | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | dieting | 3 | 0 |
| 49 | dithering | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | dizzying | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | doddering | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | draping | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | dreading | 2 | 0 |
| 54 | dredging | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | dreiling | 2 | 0 |
| 56 | drenning | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | droning | 2 | 0 |
| 58 | drooling | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | drubbing | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | duckling | 2 | 0 |
| 61 | duensing | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | duling | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "dressing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pressing | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | resting | 2 | 19 |
| 3 | addressing | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | distressing | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | depressing | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | stressing | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | caressing | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | resisting | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | dressings | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | despising | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | redressing | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | digressing | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | dressmaking | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | reissuing | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | recessing | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | rossing | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | reusing | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | rensing | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | reissig | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | reising | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "dressing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "dressing" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "dressing" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "dressing".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 23
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 62
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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