dressing, n. 1. condiment, relish, sauce, chutney, flavoring.
2. bandage, ligature, (for the head) galea, spica, Surgery. fascia; pledget, Trademark. Band-Aid, gauze pad, pad; Med. truss; Med. compress; Surgery, tourniquet.
3. fertilizer, compost, manure, muck, dung, ordure, guano, night soil. dressmaker, n. seamstress, tailoress; tailor, Hum. sartor; clothier, haberdasher, hosier, outfitter; modiste, couturier, couturidre. dribble, v. 1. trickle, drip, drop, fall in drops; sprinkle, drizzle; leak, ooze, exude, seep, filter, filtrate, distill, percolate.
2. purl, gurgle, flow; squirt, spurt, spout, gush, issue, well out or forth.
3. drivel, drool, drip saliva, slaver, slobber, slabber; sputter, splutter; snivel, run at the nose. driblet, n. 1. morsel, bite, mouthful, scrap, small portion or part; particle, mite, modicum, minimum, moiety; bit, little, piece, Inf. smidgen, minim, Chiefly Brit., Inf. spot; speck, splotch, daub, dash, pinch, dab, trace, sprinkling.
2. pittance, small or petty sum. drift, n. 1. impulse, impetus, drive, driving force; pressure, push, urge, rush, sweep, controlling influence; current, flow, run, movement, motion.
2. tendency, direction, bias, trend; course, gravitation, bearing; inclination, bent, leaning, proclivity, propensity, penchant.
3. meaning, intent, purport, tenor, tone, vein; implication, connotation, significance, signification; sense, import, spirit, gist, essence, core, pith.
4. heap, pile, mass, accumulation; mound, bank, dune.
-v. 5. wander, ramble, rove, roam, meander; deviate, digress, stray, go off the track; peregrinate, tramp, nomadize, Si bum around.
6. be carried along, be borne, be swayed, go with the wind or tide, go with the current, drill, n. 1. cutting instrument, boring tool, rotary tool.
2. calisthenics, exercise, physical training; gymnastics, slimnastics, aerobics; workout, warm-up.
3. teaching, instruction, grounding, training, coaching, drilling; inculcation, indoctrination, initiation, discipline.
-v. 4. pierce, bore a hole, bore, puncture, gore,
perforate; penetrate, pass through, transpierce.
5. teach, instruct, tutor, school; question, catechize, beat into, cram; indoctrinate, inculcate, instil, infuse; coach, train, initiate, ground. drink, v. 1. imbibe, quaff, sip, sup, Archaic, bib, Inf. swig, Inf. belt, Inf. pull; drain, wash down, toss off; gulp, swallow, Si guzzle or guzzle down, Si swill or swill down.
2. (all of alcoholic beverages) tipple, tope, bouse or bowse, Inf. booze, bibble, nip, Archaic, dram; drink like a fish, drink hard, drink seriously; get drunk, SI. get plastered or pickled, Brit. Si get bevied; All Inf. gargle, wet or moisten one's whistle, take a drop, chug, chug-a-lug, lap, lap up, commune with the spirits, drown one's sorrows; All Si hit the sauce or bottle or booze, scoop a few, knock a few back, liquor up, souse, dip the beak, exercise or crook or bend or raise the elbow; overindulge, carouse, revel, wassail, go on a spree, make the rounds, Si tie one on, Si go on a binge or bender or drunk, Si paint the town red, Brit. Inf pub-crawl.
3. toast, toast to, drink a toast to, drink to, pledge, drink or pledge the health of.