Powdering

Word POWDERING
Character 9
Hyphenation pow der ing
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Powdering"

What do we mean by powdering?

To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.

To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.

To use powder on the hair or skin.

To turn into powder; to become powdery.

To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.

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The word "powdering" in example sentences

In houses of any pretension was a small room set apart for the purpose, and it was known as the powdering-room. ❋ William Andrews (1878)

They keep silent about it as though it were a kind of powdering or painting. ❋ Robert Lynd (1914)

Another Committee of Fourteen investigator in 1914 observed the loose behavior of women workers in a restaurant: “They were putting on their aprons, combing their hair, powdering their noses, . . . all the while tossing back and forth to each other, apparently in a spirit of good-natured comradeship, the most vile epithets that I had ever heard emerge from the lips of a human being.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

I guess she was powdering her nose, or something. datingjesus ❋ Unknown (2009)

At some historical periods, wealthy people have done stupid and unproductive things, like powdering their faces with lead or binding their feet, which less privileged people are thankfully not compelled to do. ❋ Unknown (2011)

On the endless, windy beach at l'Espiguette, a few kilometers outside of town, a fine, white powdering of it coats the sand. ❋ Craig Winneker (2011)

Far worse are a group of Harlem youths who notice Emma Lou powdering her nose near the same spot. ❋ James Campbell (2011)

Quickly powdering my T-zone and applying a coat of lip gloss, I was ready to do my whole mysterious, hot girl routine. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He flops them onto his shoulders, feeling the trickle of sweat on his belly, the dust powdering him. ❋ DAVID RABE (2010)

The lower branches cracked off, powdering as they struck the hard ground. ❋ Richard A. Knaak (2010)

He probably had some hot girl powdering his pecker. ❋ Trick Daddy (2010)

This one time, after she came back from her runaway to her parents, I had just come back from powdering my nose. ❋ Luther Wright (2010)

Even as some are touting her as a serious candidate for president of the United States, it's important to realize she proved ill-prepared to be governor of Alaska -- more interested in powdering her nose than putting it to the grindstone. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She wears elegant silky dresses, and she becomes serious and lifts her chin whenever she peers into a mirror, powdering her face with an old-fashioned puff that releases little white clouds of talc. ❋ Elena Gorokhova (2010)

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