Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Ääntäminen
US- UK:
- IPA: /paʊ.də(ɹ)/
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
- (cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
- An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
- (informal) Ellipsis of powder snow; light, dry, fluffy snow.
- Ellipsis of powder blue, a color.
Verbi
- (transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
- (transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
- (intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin.
- (intransitive) To turn into powder; to become powdery.
- (obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
- (intransitive, slang) To depart suddenly; to "take a powder".
Esimerkit
- Grind their bones to powder small.
- She was redolent of violet sachet powder, and had warm, soft, white hands, but she danced divinely, moving as smoothly as the tide coming in.
- to powder the hair
- A circling zone thou seest / Powdered with stars.
- Some salts powder easily.
- She paints and powders.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | powdered |
| Imperfekti | powdered |
| Partisiipin preesens | powdering |
| Monikko | powders |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | powders |