Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to powder
Participle: powdered
Gerund: powdering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | powder |
| you | powder |
| he;she;it | powders |
| we | powder |
| you | powder |
| they | powder |
Perfect
| I | have powdered |
| you | have powdered |
| he;she;it | has powdered |
| we | have powdered |
| you | have powdered |
| they | have powdered |
Past
| I | powdered |
| you | powdered |
| he;she;it | powdered |
| we | powdered |
| you | powdered |
| they | powdered |
Pluperfect
| I | had powdered |
| you | had powdered |
| he;she;it | had powdered |
| we | had powdered |
| you | had powdered |
| they | had powdered |
Future
| I | will powder |
| you | will powder |
| he;she;it | will powder |
| we | will powder |
| you | will powder |
| they | will powder |
Future Perfect
| I | will have powdered |
| you | will have powdered |
| he;she;it | will have powdered |
| we | will have powdered |
| you | will have powdered |
| they | will have powdered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | powder |
| you | powder |
| he;she;it | powder |
| we | powder |
| you | powder |
| they | powder |
Perfect
| I | have powdered |
| you | have powdered |
| he;she;it | have powdered |
| we | have powdered |
| you | have powdered |
| they | have powdered |
Imperfect
| I | powdered |
| you | powdered |
| he;she;it | powdered |
| we | powdered |
| you | powdered |
| they | powdered |
Pluperfect
| I | had powdered |
| you | had powdered |
| he;she;it | had powdered |
| we | had powdered |
| you | had powdered |
| they | had powdered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would powder |
| you | would powder |
| he;she;it | would powder |
| we | would powder |
| you | would powder |
| they | would powder |
Perfect
| I | would have powdered |
| you | would have powdered |
| he;she;it | would have powdered |
| we | would have powdered |
| you | would have powdered |
| they | would have powdered |
Imperative
| you | powder |
| we | Let's powder |
| you | powder |
Verbs conjugated like 'powder'
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 'powder'
polder,
ponder,
power,
powter,
bepowder,
bodder,
border,
bower,
chowder,
cower,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English poudre, pouder, pouldre, borrowed from Old French poudre, poldre, puldre, from Latin pulverem, accusative singular of Latin pulvis (“dust, powder”). Doublet of pulver. Compare pollen (“fine flour”), polverine, pulverize.
Sample Sentences
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25 October 2016, Bettina Elias Siegel writing in New York Times, Should the Food Industry Sneak Vegetables Into Food?
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In desperation, they dried fruits and vegetables in an old food dehydrator they had, then used their coffee grinder to powder the produce...
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to powder one's hair
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23 March 2016, Seth Augenstein in Laboratory Equipment, FDA Proposes Ban on Powdered Surgical Gloves, Decades after Documenting Health Dangers
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Gloves were powdered for more than a century to allow doctors and surgeons to slip them on more easily.
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A circling zone thou seest / Powdered with stars. [1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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1778-1787, Frances Burney, The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay
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If she is grave, and reads steadily on, she dismisses me, whether I am dressed or not; but at all times she never forgets to send me away while she is powdering, with a consideration not to spoil my clothes
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Ample evidence is brought forward to show that the higher incidence of chronic interstitial nephritis in Queensland is due to lead paint on the verandahs and railings of the houses, which powders easily during the long Australian summer. [1934, Edward Knight, The Clinical Journal, volume 63:]
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Miss Gibson appeared in the empty hall, her eyes wide and shocked. The little man who had started all the trouble with his singing telegram had powdered. [1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig:]