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overdust

overdust verb: to dust with too much powder.

Verb

overdust (third-person singular simple present overdusts, present participle overdusting, simple past and past participle overdusted)

  1. (transitive) To dust with too much powder.
    • Learn to handle wet dough and avoid overdusting your work surface.2013, Richard Miscovich, From the Wood-fired Oven: New and Traditional Techniques for Cooking and Baking with Fire

Forms of overdust

third-person singular presentoverdusts
present participleoverdusting
past participleoverdusted
pastoverdusted

Origin of overdust

From over- + dust.

Questions about overdust

What does overdust mean?
Overdust means to dust with too much powder.
What part of speech is overdust?
Overdust is a verb.
What is the past tense of overdust?
The past tense of overdust is overdusted.

Words near overdust in the dictionary

  1. overduplicate
  2. overduplicated
  3. overduplicates
  4. overduplicating
  5. overduplication
  6. overdust
  7. overdusted
  8. overdusting
  9. overdusts
  10. overdye
  11. overdyed

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