dressing

Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.

A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.

Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.

The activity of getting dressed.

Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.

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

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

An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.

Castigation; scolding; dressing down.

The process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals

To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).

“He was dressed in the latest fashions.”

To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.

“I rose and dressed before daybreak.  It's very cold out. Dress warm.”

To put on the uniform and equipment necessary to play the game.

“Due to a left ankle sprain, Kobe Bryant did not dress for the game against Indiana”

Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other within the trousers.

“Does sir dress to the right or the left?”

To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.

To prepare oneself; to make ready.

To adorn, ornament.

“It was time to dress the windows for Christmas again.”

To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.

To prepare (a set) by installing the props, scenery, etc.

To treat (a wound, or wounded person).

To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.

“to dress leather or cloth;  to dress a garden;  to dress grain, by cleansing it;  in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them”

To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).

To manure (land).

To bolt or sift flour.

(sometimes imperative) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align.

“Right, dress!”

To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.