Thesaurus results for POWDERING

powdering

verb

present participle of powder

as in grinding

to reduce to fine particles you have to powder the antibiotic tablet and mix it with food

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Recent Examples of powdering Traditional methods such as powdering, cyanoacrylate fuming, or ninhydrin rely on sweat and sebaceous residues (a mixture of skin oil and dead skin) left behind on a surface. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Nov. 2025 Posada illustrated her in ostentatious attire to satirize the way the garbanceras attempted to pass as upper-class by powdering their faces and wearing fashionable French attire. — Mathew Sandoval, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2023

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After grinding to Akon during their belly dancing date, Cam and Aneha find common ground around growing up in low-income families when their parents lost their jobs.

— Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
While the left spent all week whining about Sophie Cunningham's hat and firing squad best practices, us PATRIOTS were biding our time, keeping our heads down, and grinding towards another weekend.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of grinding

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The Tigers bounced back from an overtime loss to Kentucky by crushing Mississippi State (which was missing quarterback Kamario Taylor and running back Fluff Bothwell).

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
On the other side, that's a crushing loss for a Nittany Lions team that certainly didn't need any more games going in the loss column.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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Strong winds, pounding seas and coastal flood threats will be near-constant companions for parts of North Carolina up through the Chesapeake Bay area this weekend as a nor’easter that’s expected to linger well into next week starts to take shape.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
You were expected, at the very least, to put up a good fight, and the dance could get real ugly real quick—I’ve witnessed aunties and uncles pounding their fists on the table in a yelling war and checks being ripped straight down the middle.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pounding

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