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Definition: DUSTED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Dust.[Websters]
2. To be flaked, tooled or rubbled. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have gritted. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To be horsed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have coked, tooted or snowed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To be shocked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have earthed or landed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To be floured. [Eve - graph theoretic]
9. To have breezed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
10. To have ashed.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb dust.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(dust)		 1. Remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets".[Wordnet].
2. Rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape; "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image".[Wordnet].
3. Cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread with flour".[Wordnet].
4. Distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon".[Wordnet].
5. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.[Websters].
6. To sprinkle with dust.[Websters].
7. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.[Websters].
8. Base verb from the following inflections: dusting, dusted, dusts, duster, dusters, dustingly and dustedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Dusted" is a common misspelling or typo for: rusted, duster, adusted.

Date "Dusted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1514. (references)

Specialty Expressions: DUSTED

Expressions Domain Definition
Dusted parsley Health PCP. (references)
Dusted wool Industry 1: The -- is conveyed from the duster by blowers, conveyors, or trucks to the feed end of the scouring train. Source: European Union. (references)
    2: The -- is conveyed. . from the duster. . by blowers, conveyors, or trucks to the feed end of the. . scouring. . train. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: DUSTED

Dusted

Dusted may refer to:

  • Dusted (album), the 1986 record by Live Skull;
  • Dusted (album), the 1989 debut from the Gin Blossoms;
  • Dusted (band), the joint venture of Rollo & Mark Bates;
  • Dusted (song), the song by Leftfield from their album Rhythm and Stealth;
  • Dusted (club night), the London club night owned by Serious Promotions;
  • Dusted Magazine, a music review magazine;
  • D.U.S.T.E.D, an engineering school event (Drink an Unsuspecting Small Town Establishment Dry);
  • Dusted Design Partners Limited, a London-based creative consultancy

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Dusted". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: DUSTED

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Dusted 32     Done and Dusted 3
The Dusted Variations 14     Dusted 32
Dusted (song) 13     Dusted (album) 10
Dusted (album) 10     Dusted (band) 3
Feather Dusted 7     Dusted (song) 13
Hank Gets Dusted 6     Dusted Magazine 4
Dusted Magazine 4     Feather Dusted 7
Done and Dusted 3     Hank Gets Dusted 6
Dusted (band) 3     The Dusted Variations 14

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"dusted" is a common misspelling or typo for: rusted, duster, adusted.

Synonyms: dusted
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 cleaned, earthed, sprayed, wiped, besprinkled, circularized, circulated, diffused, dispelled, dispersed, disseminated, dissipated, distributed, doted, junked, pattered, propagated, smacked.
Consider also: fogged, chinked, clayed, gritted, blunted, grimed, mopped, grounded, rubbed, scrubbed, covered, smutched.

Noun

 duster.
Consider also: gabardine, gaberdine, sandstorm, sirocco, smock.

Adjective

 powdered, floured, constellated, horsed, rubbled.
Consider also: soiled, salted, shingled.

Other

 sprinkled, circularised, scattered, spattered, studded, bespangled, refused, smudged.
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Computed Synonyms: dusted

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   81.3197   dusted     dirted     mucked, mudded, slimed, earthed, sludged   
 2   42.3095   dusted     gritted     graveled, sanded, specked, couraged, dirted   
 3   41.6095   dusted     stardusted     coked, tooted, snowed, flaked, tooled   
 4   41.2095   dusted     coked     stardusted, snowed, tooted, flaked, tooled   
 5   35.2094   dusted     specked     spotted, speckled, stained, flecked, doted   
 6   29.2095   dusted     earthed     landed, soiled, dirted, mucked, mudded   
 7   28.2094   dusted     breezed     rowed, murmured, gossiped, babbled, quarrelled   
 8   26.2096   dusted     ashed     slagged, dirted, grimed, drossed, scudded   
 9   20.2094   dusted     rubbished     garbaged, trashed, littered, wasted, refused   
 10   19.3096   dusted     tooted     coked, stardusted, snowed, flaked, tooled   
 11   19.2095   dusted     flaked     slivered, shelled, scabbed, splintered, graveled   
 12   19.2093   dusted     garbaged     rubbished, trashed, wasted, littered, refused   
 13   18.2095   dusted     trashed     rubbished, garbaged, dirted, scraped, drossed   
 14   18.2095   dusted     whisked     stirred, churned, affected, waggled, tossed   
 15   18.2095   dusted     snowed     coked, flaked, tooted, stardusted, tooled   
--------------------     751 synonyms ranked from 16 to 766 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: dusted

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.2294   to be dusted     to be sprayed         
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top
Antonyms: dusted
Position Antonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 dirtied, stagnated.

Adjective

 dusty.
Consider also: powdery.
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Translations: DUSTED

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya عَفَر (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), عَفَاء (dirt, dirts, displacement, displacements, dust), تُرْب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), تَرْب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), غُبَار (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), غَبَّرَ (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), غَبَرَة (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), نَقْع (saturation, drenching, dust, dusted, dusting), هَبَاء (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), تُرَاب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha عَفَر (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), عَفَاء (dirt, dirts, displacement, displacements, dust), تُرْب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), تَرْب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), غُبَار (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), غَبَّرَ (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), غَبَرَة (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), نَقْع (saturation, drenching, dust, dusted, dusting), هَبَاء (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), تُرَاب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic عَفَر (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), عَفَاء (dirt, dirts, displacement, displacements, dust), تُرْب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), تَرْب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), غُبَار (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), غَبَّرَ (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), غَبَرَة (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), نَقْع (saturation, drenching, dust, dusted, dusting), هَبَاء (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), تُرَاب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian popráškovaný (dusted, powdered). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina popráškovaný (dusted, powdered). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech popráškovaný (dusted, powdered). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch abgestaubt (dusted), verstaubt (fusty, dusted, outmoded, dusty, gets dusty), staubte ab (dusted). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Français épousseté (dusted). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
French épousseté (dusted). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
German abgestaubt (dusted), verstaubt (fusty, dusted, outmoded, dusty, gets dusty), staubte ab (dusted). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Gilbertese taeaki (brushed, cleaned, dusted, faced, shaken). Additional references: Gilbertese, Kiribati, Fiji, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic عَفَر (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), عَفَاء (dirt, dirts, displacement, displacements, dust), تُرْب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), تَرْب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust), غُبَار (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), غَبَّرَ (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), غَبَرَة (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), نَقْع (saturation, drenching, dust, dusted, dusting), هَبَاء (dust, dusted, dusting, dusts), تُرَاب (clod, clods, dirt, dirts, dust). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
High German abgestaubt (dusted), verstaubt (fusty, dusted, outmoded, dusty, gets dusty), staubte ab (dusted). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch abgestaubt (dusted), verstaubt (fusty, dusted, outmoded, dusty, gets dusty), staubte ab (dusted). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Ikiribati taeaki (brushed, cleaned, dusted, faced, shaken). Additional references: Ikiribati, Kiribati, Fiji, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Kiribati taeaki (brushed, cleaned, dusted, faced, shaken). Additional references: Kiribati, Kiribati, Fiji, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish kükürtlenmek (to be dusted with sulfur), püskürtülmek (to be dusted, to be sprayed). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, dusted. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: DUSTED

Language Translations for “dusted” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin ustedday (dusted). Additional references: Pig Latin, dusted. (volunteer)
Terran B vtousteu (dusted). Additional references: Terran B, dusted. (volunteer)
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