dust – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of dust

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to dust yourself off
Participle: dusted yourself off
Gerund: dusting yourself off

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Idust yourself off
youdust yourself off
he;she;itdusts yourself off
wedust yourself off
youdust yourself off
theydust yourself off

Perfect

Ihave dusted yourself off
youhave dusted yourself off
he;she;ithas dusted yourself off
wehave dusted yourself off
youhave dusted yourself off
theyhave dusted yourself off

Past

Idusted yourself off
youdusted yourself off
he;she;itdusted yourself off
wedusted yourself off
youdusted yourself off
theydusted yourself off

Pluperfect

Ihad dusted yourself off
youhad dusted yourself off
he;she;ithad dusted yourself off
wehad dusted yourself off
youhad dusted yourself off
theyhad dusted yourself off

Future

Iwill dust yourself off
youwill dust yourself off
he;she;itwill dust yourself off
wewill dust yourself off
youwill dust yourself off
theywill dust yourself off

Future Perfect

Iwill have dusted yourself off
youwill have dusted yourself off
he;she;itwill have dusted yourself off
wewill have dusted yourself off
youwill have dusted yourself off
theywill have dusted yourself off

Subjunctive

Present

Idust yourself off
youdust yourself off
he;she;itdust yourself off
wedust yourself off
youdust yourself off
theydust yourself off

Perfect

Ihave dusted yourself off
youhave dusted yourself off
he;she;ithave dusted yourself off
wehave dusted yourself off
youhave dusted yourself off
theyhave dusted yourself off

Imperfect

Idusted yourself off
youdusted yourself off
he;she;itdusted yourself off
wedusted yourself off
youdusted yourself off
theydusted yourself off

Pluperfect

Ihad dusted yourself off
youhad dusted yourself off
he;she;ithad dusted yourself off
wehad dusted yourself off
youhad dusted yourself off
theyhad dusted yourself off

Conditional

Present

Iwould dust yourself off
youwould dust yourself off
he;she;itwould dust yourself off
wewould dust yourself off
youwould dust yourself off
theywould dust yourself off

Perfect

Iwould have dusted yourself off
youwould have dusted yourself off
he;she;itwould have dusted yourself off
wewould have dusted yourself off
youwould have dusted yourself off
theywould have dusted yourself off

Imperative

youdust yourself off
weLet's dust yourself off
youdust yourself off

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam dusting yourself off
youare dusting yourself off
he;she;itis dusting yourself off
weare dusting yourself off
youare dusting yourself off
theyare dusting yourself off

Perfect

Ihave been dusting yourself off
youhave been dusting yourself off
he;she;ithas been dusting yourself off
wehave been dusting yourself off
youhave been dusting yourself off
theyhave been dusting yourself off

Past

Iwas dusting yourself off
youwere dusting yourself off
he;she;itwas dusting yourself off
wewere dusting yourself off
youwere dusting yourself off
theywere dusting yourself off

Pluperfect

Ihad been dusting yourself off
youhad been dusting yourself off
he;she;ithad been dusting yourself off
wehad been dusting yourself off
youhad been dusting yourself off
theyhad been dusting yourself off

Future

Iwill be dusting yourself off
youwill be dusting yourself off
he;she;itwill be dusting yourself off
wewill be dusting yourself off
youwill be dusting yourself off
theywill be dusting yourself off

Future Perfect

Iwill have been dusting yourself off
youwill have been dusting yourself off
he;she;itwill have been dusting yourself off
wewill have been dusting yourself off
youwill have been dusting yourself off
theywill have been dusting yourself off

Conditional

Present

Iwould be dusting yourself off
youwould be dusting yourself off
he;she;itwould be dusting yourself off
wewould be dusting yourself off
youwould be dusting yourself off
theywould be dusting yourself off

Perfect

Iwould have been dusting yourself off
youwould have been dusting yourself off
he;she;itwould have been dusting yourself off
wewould have been dusting yourself off
youwould have been dusting yourself off
theywould have been dusting yourself off

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)