Dusting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdʌstɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Dusting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of dust.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of dust.
More Meanings
- (countable) A light snowfall.
- (countable) A light covering of something.
- The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore.
- (colloquial, countable) A beating.
- A maintenance or comfort behaviour in which a bird flushes fine dirt through the feathers; dustbathing.
Example Sentences
Tuesday is the day when I do the dusting.
The rooves are covered with a dusting of snow.
Cover the cake with a dusting of confectioner's sugar.
Strict orders had been given by Mrs. Breen the night before that certain dustings and arrangings of furniture should take place, the spacious stairs swept, and the hectic hired palms in their great china pots watered.
Word Forms
- dustings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include detritus, sprinkle, rubble, dot, debris, scatter.
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