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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- 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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