dusting

/หˆdสŒstษชล‹/

IPA: /D AH1 S T IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To remove dust from.

    โ€œThe cleaning lady needs a stool to dust the cupboard.โ€

  2. 2

    To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.

    โ€œDusting always makes me cough.โ€

  3. 3

    Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.

  4. 4

    To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid.

    โ€œThe mother dusted her baby's bum with talcum powder.โ€

  5. 5

    To leave; to rush off.

  6. 6

    To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

  7. 7

    To kill or severely disable.

noun
  1. 1

    A light snowfall.

  2. 2

    A light covering of something.

    โ€œCover the cake with a dusting of confectioner's sugar.โ€

  3. 3

    The act of removing dust, as a household chore.

    โ€œTuesday is the day when I do the dusting.โ€

  4. 4

    A beating.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dust, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dusting