Synonyms for dusting

Grammar : Noun

Spell : duhs-ting

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌs tɪŋ

Définition of dusting

Origin : Old English dust, from Proto-Germanic *dunstaz (cf. Old High German tunst "storm, breath," German Dunst "mist, vapor," Danish dyst "milldust," Dutch duist), from PIE *dheu- (1) "dust, smoke, vapor" (cf. Sanskrit dhu- "shake," Latin fumus "smoke"). Meaning "that to which living matter decays" was in Old English, hence, figuratively, "mortal life."

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Example sentences :

The first task that was set her was that of sweeping and dusting a parlor.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

It was the dusting of the furniture in the parlour behind the shop.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

She was now walking to and fro, putting the arm-chairs in order, and dusting their backs.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

Levasseur dashed one hand against the other, as if dusting them.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

It contained sulfa pills, powder for dusting, and other medicines.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

Then the something on the floor started moving and dusting itself off.
Extract from : « FreeChildrenStories.com Collection » by Daniel Errico

Daniel was dusting some music at the end of the piano as he came in.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

The little girl eyes over their dusting of freckles slitted.
Extract from : « The Cuckoo Clock » by Wesley Barefoot

Lydia did no dusting of tables or arranging of flowers in a vase.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

The children, he said, had fallen into the habit of calling it "dusting papa off."
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

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