flour
/ˈflaʊ.ɚ/ verb C2- To apply flour to something; to cover with flour. · Flour the surface before rolling out the dough.
- To reduce to flour.
- To break up into fine globules of mercury in the amalgamation process.
He/she/it flours · Past floured · Past participle floured · -ing form flouring
Verb forms
- Base form
- flour
- He/she/it
- flours
- Past
- floured
- Past participle
- floured
- -ing form
- flouring
From the library
He therefore rolled himself in flour and lay down in a dark corner.
One said simply“ flour, enough”; another told her to bake the bread“ until it smells right.”
The word“ enough” meant about two cups of flour, or a little more on humid days.
They need white flour, too.
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