as in to grind
to reduce to fine particles
you have to powder the antibiotic tablet and mix it with food
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Recent Examples of powder
Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Makeup patted him down—he’d worked up a coat of sweat during the setup—and powdered him up; the costumer threw his shirt on him.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
Apply rooting hormone powder to the wound, then use wire to anchor the wounded section of the shoot in the trench.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Pallets of jurema bark, powdered and shredded, in a storage room at one of Akasha Song’s production facilities.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
Makeup patted him down—he’d worked up a coat of sweat during the setup—and powdered him up; the costumer threw his shirt on him.
—Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
Some find joy in a chalet with easy access to fresh powder and a lively après scene.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
Apply rooting hormone powder to the wound, then use wire to anchor the wounded section of the shoot in the trench.
—Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for powder
Verb
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Keeping ‘the wolf away from the door’ Colorado River cuts could hit the tiny town of Cave Creek harder than any other municipality, town officials say, potentially grinding growth to a halt and pulling the town government into lawsuits over unfulfilled water contracts.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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And when daily wear and tear was simulated – through continuous electric-toothbrush abrasion equivalent to about a year of brushing, as well as chewing and grinding – the teeth actually had superior resistance to wear, fracture and acid attack compared with natural enamel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Your Skin Might Actually Improve There’s no cure-all cream or powder to reverse the hands of time, but strength training might also carry skin benefits.—
Julia Sullivan,
Health,
7 Nov. 2025
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Replace the cow’s milk with coconut milk or coconut cream in the cake batter.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Walpole got on the board first, scoring three seconds into the second quarter when Jack English pounded the ball into the end zone on third-and-goal from the one.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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Without its dynamic starting quarterback, the Cougars were outpaced by visiting Inglewood, which pounded the rock in a 40-16 victory on Friday at Saddleback College.—
Zach Cavanagh,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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Sanctions, and Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries, are also hitting businesses.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Scarcity leads to hard choices Scarcity is the reality that there are not enough resources – such as food, oil, water and land – to go around.—
Kaleb Demerew,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Wrappers and crushed soda cans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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White people organized a brutal resistance against Black citizenship, deploying violence and terror to crush Reconstruction.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Brows were dark, thin, and slightly feathered a la Marilyn, and lips were lined with a sepia brown and finished with a slick of rose-toned lipstick.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2025
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After decades of wearing one particular lip color, her go-to lipstick has become her signature shade.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The lights will shine until mid-January before being taken down and milled into lumber that will be donated to Habitat for Humanity.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Oct. 2025
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Roughly 60 of us were gathered in an industrial event space on graduation day at Harvard, looking eight floors down from an outdoor deck at the students milling below in caps and gowns.—
Nick Stern,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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Plus, their fabric and fill are less likely to accrue that ever-darkening yellowish stain that tired goose down pillows acquire over time, thanks to sweat, oils, lotion residues, etc.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
24 Oct. 2025
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Because Teddy believes that the woman sitting before him, freshly shorn and covered in pasty white lotion, is not of this Earth.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Powder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powder. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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