dustingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈdʌs.tɪŋ/us/ˈdʌs.tɪŋ/dusting noun [ U ] (CLEANING)
the activity of removing dust from furniture, books, etc.:
First she did the dusting.
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Cleaning & tidying places & things
- a lick and a promise idiom
- adjust
- airing
- bed
- brush
- char
- clean (sb/sth) up
- going-over
- Hoover
- housekeeping
- housework
- mop
- shampoo
- spit
- straighten sth out
- straighten sth up
- tidy sth away
- vac
- vacuum
- valet
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dusting noun [ U ] (THIN LAYER)
a thin layer of powder, snow, etc.:
There was a dusting of snow on the lawn.
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Spreading and scattering
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub
- bestrew
- billow
- circulate
- go round (somewhere)
- go/do the rounds idiom
- percolate
- radial
- radiate
- scatter
- slap
- spread
- spread out
- sprinkling
- straggle
- stretch
- strew
- suffuse
- sweep
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