dust, v.
(dusted, dusting, dusts)
freq. cnt. 4
(dusted, dusting, dusts)
freq. cnt. 4
remove the dust from
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
dust
sample sentences
"dust the cabinets"verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
dust
sample sentences
"The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingThey %s sugar over the cake
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
distribute loosely
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
disperse dot dust scatter sprinkle
sample sentences
"He scattered gun powder under the wagon"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
They %s sugar over the cake
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
spray
spray
spatter, splash, splatter, plash, splosh, swash
splash, sprinkle, splosh
bespangle
aerosolize, aerosolise
hypernym
cover with a light dusting of a substance
<verb.contact>
dust