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powder

/ˈpaʊ.dɚ/ verbe B2

En français : réduire en poudre, pulvériser, poudrer, saupoudrer

  1. To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder. (transitive)
  2. To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder. (transitive) · to powder one's hair
  3. To use powder on the hair or skin. (intransitive)
  4. To turn into powder; to become powdery. (intransitive)
  5. To depart suddenly; to "take a powder". (intransitive, slang)

He/she/it powders · Prétérit powdered · Participe passé powdered · Forme en -ing powdering

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Forme de base
powder
He/she/it
powders
Prétérit
powdered
Participe passé
powdered
Forme en -ing
powdering

Dans la bibliothèque

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.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 39 · B2
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.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 119 · C1
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.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 137 · C1
There was no powder-blackening on the clothes.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 51 · B2

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