dust – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of dust

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to dust sth down
Participle: dusted sth down
Gerund: dusting sth down

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Idust sth down
youdust sth down
he;she;itdusts sth down
wedust sth down
youdust sth down
theydust sth down

Perfect

Ihave dusted sth down
youhave dusted sth down
he;she;ithas dusted sth down
wehave dusted sth down
youhave dusted sth down
theyhave dusted sth down

Past

Idusted sth down
youdusted sth down
he;she;itdusted sth down
wedusted sth down
youdusted sth down
theydusted sth down

Pluperfect

Ihad dusted sth down
youhad dusted sth down
he;she;ithad dusted sth down
wehad dusted sth down
youhad dusted sth down
theyhad dusted sth down

Future

Iwill dust sth down
youwill dust sth down
he;she;itwill dust sth down
wewill dust sth down
youwill dust sth down
theywill dust sth down

Future Perfect

Iwill have dusted sth down
youwill have dusted sth down
he;she;itwill have dusted sth down
wewill have dusted sth down
youwill have dusted sth down
theywill have dusted sth down

Subjunctive

Present

Idust sth down
youdust sth down
he;she;itdust sth down
wedust sth down
youdust sth down
theydust sth down

Perfect

Ihave dusted sth down
youhave dusted sth down
he;she;ithave dusted sth down
wehave dusted sth down
youhave dusted sth down
theyhave dusted sth down

Imperfect

Idusted sth down
youdusted sth down
he;she;itdusted sth down
wedusted sth down
youdusted sth down
theydusted sth down

Pluperfect

Ihad dusted sth down
youhad dusted sth down
he;she;ithad dusted sth down
wehad dusted sth down
youhad dusted sth down
theyhad dusted sth down

Conditional

Present

Iwould dust sth down
youwould dust sth down
he;she;itwould dust sth down
wewould dust sth down
youwould dust sth down
theywould dust sth down

Perfect

Iwould have dusted sth down
youwould have dusted sth down
he;she;itwould have dusted sth down
wewould have dusted sth down
youwould have dusted sth down
theywould have dusted sth down

Imperative

youdust sth down
weLet's dust sth down
youdust sth down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam dusting sth down
youare dusting sth down
he;she;itis dusting sth down
weare dusting sth down
youare dusting sth down
theyare dusting sth down

Perfect

Ihave been dusting sth down
youhave been dusting sth down
he;she;ithas been dusting sth down
wehave been dusting sth down
youhave been dusting sth down
theyhave been dusting sth down

Past

Iwas dusting sth down
youwere dusting sth down
he;she;itwas dusting sth down
wewere dusting sth down
youwere dusting sth down
theywere dusting sth down

Pluperfect

Ihad been dusting sth down
youhad been dusting sth down
he;she;ithad been dusting sth down
wehad been dusting sth down
youhad been dusting sth down
theyhad been dusting sth down

Future

Iwill be dusting sth down
youwill be dusting sth down
he;she;itwill be dusting sth down
wewill be dusting sth down
youwill be dusting sth down
theywill be dusting sth down

Future Perfect

Iwill have been dusting sth down
youwill have been dusting sth down
he;she;itwill have been dusting sth down
wewill have been dusting sth down
youwill have been dusting sth down
theywill have been dusting sth down

Conditional

Present

Iwould be dusting sth down
youwould be dusting sth down
he;she;itwould be dusting sth down
wewould be dusting sth down
youwould be dusting sth down
theywould be dusting sth down

Perfect

Iwould have been dusting sth down
youwould have been dusting sth down
he;she;itwould have been dusting sth down
wewould have been dusting sth down
youwould have been dusting sth down
theywould have been dusting sth down

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'dust'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'dust'

bust, doust, duct, duet, dunt, dush, dusk, fust, gust, just,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to put to death; to extinguish life.
annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, lay waste to, make a way with, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put out of one's misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, take, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, kill, torpedo, waste, wipe out, wreck
sprinkle
sift, powder, scatter, spread, shake

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. dust, from P.Gmc. *dunstaz, from PIE *dheu- with a sense of "smoke, vapor" (cf. Skt. dhu- "shake," L. fumus "smoke"). The verb means both "to sprinkle with dust" (1592) and "to rid of dust" (1568). Sense of "to kill" is U.S. slang first recorded 1938. Dustbowl in reference to a drought-plagued region of the U.S. Midwest first recorded 1936. Dustup "fight" is from 1897; to dust (someone's) coat was ironical for "to beat (someone) soundly" (1690).
2. From Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust, dried earth reduced to powder; other dry material reduced to powder”), from the fusion of Proto-Germanic *dustą (“dust”) and *dunstą (“mist, dust, evaporation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”).
3. Cognate with Scots dust, dist (“dust”), Dutch duist (“pollen, dust”) and dons (“down, fuzz”), German Dust (“dust”) and Dunst (“haze”), Swedish dust (“dust”), Icelandic dust (“dust”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”). Also related to Swedish dun (“down, fluff”), Icelandic dúnn (“down, fluff”). See down. See: Scots 'dust'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] sphere of operation and instruction chiefly to her own chamber. With a self-sacrifice which some of our readers will appreciate, she resolved, instead of comfortably making her own bed, sweeping and dusting her own chamber,—which she had hitherto done, in utter scorn of all offers of help from the chambermaid of the establishment,—to condemn herself to the martyrdom of instructing Topsy to perform [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] do the proprieties of Miss Ophelia's chamber in a way with which even that particular lady could find no fault. Mortal hands could not lay spread smoother, adjust pillows more accurately, sweep and dust and arrange more perfectly, than Topsy, when she chose,—but she didn't very often choose. If Miss Ophelia, after three or four days of careful patient supervision, was so sanguine as to suppose that [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)