dust – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of dust

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youdust yourself down
weLet's dust yourself down
youdust yourself down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)