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Synonyms for dusted

Grammar : Verb
Spell : duhst
Phonetic Transcription : dÊŒst

Définition of dusted

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."
  • verb sprinkle tiny particles
Example sentences :
  • She moved about the room, sniffing and sobbing as she dusted.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • In the cellar, wine bottles were dusted by quick, nervous hands.
  • Extract from : « Celebrity » by James McKimmey
  • A plainer way is to dry the fish, after it has been washed and cleaned, and lay it on a board before the fire, dusted with flour.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Or the minced meat may be kept in a very small pan, closely covered, and so rolled and dusted with flour before it is fried.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • We dusted the sand off their little feet before we lifted them up.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • "Everything looks as if it has been swept and dusted," declared Hephzy.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I have but ridden from the Reindeer this morning, and so I am neither fatigued nor dusted.
  • Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
  • He went back to his father's house, and there was Lydia singing as she dusted the library.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • She lifted a huge Bible and dusted it thoughtfully with her handkerchief.
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
  • Then he had the regalia he had worn in his last audiovisual to Angus dusted off.
  • Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper

Antonyms for dusted

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