powder
verb/ˈpaʊdə(r)/
/ˈpaʊdər/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they powder | /ˈpaʊdə(r)/ /ˈpaʊdər/ |
| he / she / it powders | /ˈpaʊdəz/ /ˈpaʊdərz/ |
| past simple powdered | /ˈpaʊdəd/ /ˈpaʊdərd/ |
| past participle powdered | /ˈpaʊdəd/ /ˈpaʊdərd/ |
| -ing form powdering | /ˈpaʊdərɪŋ/ /ˈpaʊdərɪŋ/ |
- powder something to put powder on something
- She powdered her face and put on her lipstick.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French poudre, from Latin pulvis, pulver- ‘dust’.
Idioms
See powder in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarypowder your nose
- (old-fashioned) a polite way to say that somebody goes to the toilet
- I'm just going to powder my nose.
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