powder
/ˈpaʊ.dɚ/ verb B2- To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
- To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder. · to powder one's hair
- To use powder on the hair or skin.
- To turn into powder; to become powdery.
- To depart suddenly; to "take a powder".
He/she/it powders · Past powdered · Past participle powdered · -ing form powdering
Verb forms
- Base form
- powder
- He/she/it
- powders
- Past
- powdered
- Past participle
- powdered
- -ing form
- powdering
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Whereupon Anne arose, took the pink heart gingerly between the tips of her fingers, dropped it on the floor, ground it to powder beneath her heel, and resumed her position without deigning to bestow a glance on Gilbert.
The night was clear and frosty, all ebony of shadow and silver of snowy slope; big stars were shining over the silent fields; here and there the dark pointed firs stood up with snow powdering their branches and the wind whistling through them.
It was opened by another footman in livery, with a round face, and large eyes like a frog; and both footmen, Alice noticed, had powdered hair that curled all over their heads.
There was no powder-blackening on the clothes.
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