"dusting" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdʌstɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dusting.wav Forms: dustings [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌstɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dusting (countable and uncountable, plural dustings)
  1. (countable) A light snowfall. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Snow
    Sense id: en-dusting-en-noun-wUM3tYOp Disambiguation of Snow: 65 3 5 6 19 2
  2. (countable) A light covering of something. Tags: countable Translations (light covering): saupoudrage (French), Überpuderung [feminine] (German), Puderschicht [feminine] (German), spolverata [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-dusting-en-noun-wiMuR4b3 Disambiguation of 'light covering': 12 75 4 6 3
  3. The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (removing dust): dépoussiérage (French), Staubwischen [neuter] (German), Entstauben [neuter] (German), Staubentfernung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-dusting-en-noun-C-t91-bi Disambiguation of 'removing dust': 2 4 85 7 3
  4. (colloquial, countable) A beating. Tags: colloquial, countable
    Sense id: en-dusting-en-noun-fqDUGU1O
  5. A maintenance or comfort behaviour in which a bird flushes fine dirt through the feathers; dustbathing. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dusting-en-noun--EMk6tQP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 4 13 22 53 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 10 9 21 40 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 9 16 13 46 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 6 6 15 60 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 9 11 24 38 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 9 10 23 42 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 8 8 24 45 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: angel dusting, crop-dusting

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdʌstɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dusting.wav
Rhymes: -ʌstɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dusting
  1. present participle and gerund of dust Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: dust
    Sense id: en-dusting-en-verb-IUcFQKKk

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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