"feather-dust" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: feather-dusts [present, singular, third-person], feather-dusting [participle, present], feather-dusted [participle, past], feather-dusted [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from feather duster. Head templates: {{en-verb}} feather-dust (third-person singular simple present feather-dusts, present participle feather-dusting, simple past and past participle feather-dusted)
  1. (transitive) To clean with a feather duster. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-feather-dust-en-verb-eUiRef5M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "feather-dusting",
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    },
    {
      "form": "feather-dusted",
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        "(transitive) To clean with a feather duster."
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    }
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "feather-dusted",
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    },
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        "(transitive) To clean with a feather duster."
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