dust – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

I	dust sb down
you	dust sb down
he;she;it	dusts sb down
we	dust sb down
you	dust sb down
they	dust sb down

Perfect

I	have dusted sb down
you	have dusted sb down
he;she;it	has dusted sb down
we	have dusted sb down
you	have dusted sb down
they	have dusted sb down

Past

I	dusted sb down
you	dusted sb down
he;she;it	dusted sb down
we	dusted sb down
you	dusted sb down
they	dusted sb down

Pluperfect

I	had dusted sb down
you	had dusted sb down
he;she;it	had dusted sb down
we	had dusted sb down
you	had dusted sb down
they	had dusted sb down

Future

I	will dust sb down
you	will dust sb down
he;she;it	will dust sb down
we	will dust sb down
you	will dust sb down
they	will dust sb down

Future Perfect

I	will have dusted sb down
you	will have dusted sb down
he;she;it	will have dusted sb down
we	will have dusted sb down
you	will have dusted sb down
they	will have dusted sb down

Subjunctive

Present

I	dust sb down
you	dust sb down
he;she;it	dust sb down
we	dust sb down
you	dust sb down
they	dust sb down

Perfect

I	have dusted sb down
you	have dusted sb down
he;she;it	have dusted sb down
we	have dusted sb down
you	have dusted sb down
they	have dusted sb down

Imperfect

I	dusted sb down
you	dusted sb down
he;she;it	dusted sb down
we	dusted sb down
you	dusted sb down
they	dusted sb down

Pluperfect

I	had dusted sb down
you	had dusted sb down
he;she;it	had dusted sb down
we	had dusted sb down
you	had dusted sb down
they	had dusted sb down

Conditional

Present

I	would dust sb down
you	would dust sb down
he;she;it	would dust sb down
we	would dust sb down
you	would dust sb down
they	would dust sb down

Perfect

I	would have dusted sb down
you	would have dusted sb down
he;she;it	would have dusted sb down
we	would have dusted sb down
you	would have dusted sb down
they	would have dusted sb down

Imperative

you	dust sb down
we	Let's dust sb down
you	dust sb down

Indicative

Present

I	am dusting sb down
you	are dusting sb down
he;she;it	is dusting sb down
we	are dusting sb down
you	are dusting sb down
they	are dusting sb down

Perfect

I	have been dusting sb down
you	have been dusting sb down
he;she;it	has been dusting sb down
we	have been dusting sb down
you	have been dusting sb down
they	have been dusting sb down

Past

I	was dusting sb down
you	were dusting sb down
he;she;it	was dusting sb down
we	were dusting sb down
you	were dusting sb down
they	were dusting sb down

Pluperfect

I	had been dusting sb down
you	had been dusting sb down
he;she;it	had been dusting sb down
we	had been dusting sb down
you	had been dusting sb down
they	had been dusting sb down

Future

I	will be dusting sb down
you	will be dusting sb down
he;she;it	will be dusting sb down
we	will be dusting sb down
you	will be dusting sb down
they	will be dusting sb down

Future Perfect

I	will have been dusting sb down
you	will have been dusting sb down
he;she;it	will have been dusting sb down
we	will have been dusting sb down
you	will have been dusting sb down
they	will have been dusting sb down

Conditional

Present

I	would be dusting sb down
you	would be dusting sb down
he;she;it	would be dusting sb down
we	would be dusting sb down
you	would be dusting sb down
they	would be dusting sb down

Perfect

I	would have been dusting sb down
you	would have been dusting sb down
he;she;it	would have been dusting sb down
we	would have been dusting sb down
you	would have been dusting sb down
they	would have been dusting sb down

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

Phrasal Verbs

~ down something, ~ down somebody, ~ something down, ~ somebody down, ~ yourself down, ~ yourself off,

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)

dust – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of dust

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'dust'

Verbs similar to 'dust'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Sample Sentences