Definition of tressing Tressing

We found 3 definitions of tressing from 2 different sources.

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tressing (Verb)
Present participle of tress.

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tressing, verb, gerund of tress (infinitive).

WordNet

Noun
tress - a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
		braid, plait, twist
		coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle, coif the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
		queue a braid of hair at the back of the head

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tress (Noun)
A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
tress (Noun)
A knot or festoon, as of flowers.
tress (Verb)
To braid or knot hair.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

tress (n.)
A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
tress (n.)
Fig.: A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

tress
tres, n. a lock or curl of hair: a ringlet (esp. in pl.)—v.t. to form into tresses.—adjs. Tressed, having tresses: formed into tresses or ringlets: curled; Tress′y, pertaining to tresses, like tresses. [Fr. tresse, through Low L. tricia, trica, from Gr. tricha, threefold—treis, three.]

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tress, verb, present, 1st person singular of tress (infinitive).
tress, verb (infinitive).
tress, noun, singular of tresses.

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