Dusting

//ˈdʌstɪŋ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A light snowfall. countable

    "The rooves are covered with a dusting of snow."

  2. 2
    A light covering of something. countable

    "Cover the cake with a dusting of confectioner's sugar."

  3. 3
    The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore. countable, uncountable

    "Tuesday is the day when I do the dusting."

  4. 4
    A beating. colloquial, countable
  5. 5
    A maintenance or comfort behaviour in which a bird flushes fine dirt through the feathers; dustbathing. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dust form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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aceatomaughtbeatingbisselbit

Antonyms

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oodles

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"I was dusting and sneezing all day."

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crop dusting

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