Definitions for dusting

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dusting dust·ing

Spelling: [duhs-ting]

IPA: /ˈdʌs tɪŋ/

Dusting is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in dusting (dginstu).

Definitions for dusting

noun

1. a light application:
2. a beating; defeat:
3. earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
4. a cloud of finely powdered earth or other matter in the air.
5. any finely powdered substance, as sawdust.
6. the ground; the earth's surface.
7. the substance to which something, as the dead human body, is ultimately reduced by disintegration or decay; earthly remains.
8. British. ashes, refuse, etc. junk1 (def 1).
9. a low or humble condition.
10. anything worthless.
11. disturbance; turmoil.
12. gold dust.
13. the mortal body of a human being.
14. a single particle or grain.
15. Archaic. money; cash.

Idioms

1. bite the dust, to be killed, especially in battle; die. to suffer defeat; be unsuccessful; fail:
2. dust off, Baseball. (of a pitcher) to throw the ball purposely at or dangerously close to (the batter). to take out or prepare for use again, as after a period of inactivity or storage: to beat up badly:
3. leave one in the dust, to overtake and surpass a competitor or one who is less ambitious, qualified, etc.:
4. lick the dust, to be killed; die. to humble oneself abjectly; grovel:
5. make the dust fly, to execute with vigor or speed:
6. shake the dust from one's feet, to depart in anger or disdain; leave decisively or in haste, especially from an unpleasant situation:
7. throw dust in someone's eyes, to mislead; deceive:

verb (used with object)

1. to wipe the dust from:
2. to sprinkle with a powder or dust:
3. to strew or sprinkle (a powder, dust, or other fine particles):
4. to soil with dust; make dusty.

verb (used without object)

1. to wipe dust from furniture, woodwork, etc.
2. to become dusty.
3. to apply dust or powder to a plant, one's body, etc.:

Origin of dusting

First recorded in 1615-25; dust + -ing¹

Examples for dusting

Levasseur dashed one hand against the other, as if dusting them.

Signs show you dusting off shelved entrepreneurial projects or weaving more commerce into the fabric of your daily life.

The first task that was set her was that of sweeping and dusting a parlor.

Philip Lim, too, presented a more sober collection of muted palettes—but, as he often does—topped it off with a dusting of gold.

“We are dusting ourselves off and looking at how we can correct our mistakes,” said Collegio, of American Crossroads.

She was now walking to and fro, putting the arm-chairs in order, and dusting their backs.

The equipment keeps changing, but people were using lasers and dusting powders that fluoresced when I started.

It contained sulfa pills, powder for dusting, and other medicines.

The wounded warrior in front of me rode so well, and so fast, dusting me in the flats, that for a while I forgot he was a veteran.

It was the dusting of the furniture in the parlour behind the shop.