to dust
- verb
- /dʌst/
- His grandfather was in the barn dusting off the saddles and straightening the tackle.
You guys know, so I'm just going to dust it over my under eyes.
- You guys know, so I'm just going to dust it over my under eyes.
- So I'm going to quickly dust underneath and then re roll.
- They just taste like lightly dusted chips, which no one likes that dude.
Examples
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I had been baking, and flour dusted the front of my shirt and the tops of my shoes.
Academic text (2011) -
OK, now I'll dust it on my forehead.
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So we're just going to like kind of dust press on to this area.
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-To dust a bit and to check on Harry.
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You guys know, so I'm just going to dust it over my under eyes.
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We're going to dust it straight across the forehead.
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So I was thinking we could dust off some canvasses and see what comes of it.
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But I'm going to use this to just dust some bronzer around.
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Turn the cake out onto a rack and allow it to cool, then dust with confectioners' sugar.
Fiction book (1993) -
She will dust the cake with powdered sugar before serving.
Synonyms
To spread small things like leaves or seeds over an area without order
To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area
To put small drops of liquid or tiny pieces on something
To appear as small marks across an area, like stars in the sky
To put a fine dry substance on skin, hair or food
To become covered with small bits of dust
To cover with small drops or spots like mud and paint
To scatter small drops or bits lightly over something
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
Leave a place after a bad experience and not return
- Informal
To delay action or decisions until things become clearer
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
Tiny particles that fall after a nuclear explosion or accident and give off harmful radiation
A removable cover, often plastic or cloth, that protects machines like a printer from dust when not in use
How Covered
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dust (verb 'to sprinkle') comes from the noun idea of small particles and means to cover something lightly with powder, like when you dust a cake with sugar. That's why this verb is about adding a thin layer of fine particles.