单词	dusting
释义	dusting noun dust·​ing ˈdə-stiŋ  plural dustings 1 : the act of making something clean by brushing or wiping away dirt and dust from the surface The furniture needs a good dusting. 2 a : a small amount of something that falls or is sprinkled over a surface During summer, the cracked floor looks prehistoric under the desert sun; during winter, it's intermittently covered by sheets of ice and dustings of snow. Joseph Stromberg Add pearl onions, mushrooms, and a dusting of marjoram. Hali Ramdene b : a faint or slight quality or amount … sporting a dusting of stubble, DiSpirito runs Union Pacific, a paragon of gilded, inventive Manhattan dining. James Poniewozik Word History First Known Use 1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1 dusting verb present participle of dust as in whipping to defeat by a large margin the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance whipping burying trimming flattening bombing topping sweeping smothering overcoming pasting mastering annihilating beating creaming throwing waxing thrashing walloping tromping smoking clobbering skinning routing whapping trouncing blowing away shellacking taking upsetting whopping whupping licking destroying overwhelming conquering drubbing capping exceeding surpassing crushing finishing whomping scoring dispatching snowing under succeeding eating alive wiping the ground with skunking running rings around beating the pants off running circles around subduing wiping the floor with slaughtering vanquishing surmounting subjugating overmatching upending overthrowing overpowering outshining overbearing besting excelling knocking over transcending eclipsing hurdling outdoing knocking off bettering worsting breaking overtopping outstripping flourishing pipping outdistancing prevailing (over) triumphing (over) winning (against) sinking nosing out acing (out) doing in edging (out) outfighting
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