dusted
- 1Simple past and past participle of dust.
The cleaner dusted every surface in the old library.
The countertops were dusted with flour before the dough went down.
Note
One spelling that can point in opposite directions: something dusted may have had dust taken off it or had powder put on it. The construction usually decides. With a plain object, as in dusted the shelves, the dust is gone. With 'with' and a substance, as in dusted with flour or sugar, a fine layer has been added. A bird that has dusted has bathed in dry earth, and the older meaning 'soiled with dust' is now archaic.
dusted is a form of dust
dust, verb: To remove dust from a surface or object by wiping or brushing it, or to do this as part of household cleaning. Full entry
- Spelling
- dust → dusted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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