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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Yet Marketplace Pulse research shows only 23% of sellers are growing revenue and improving margins at the same time; the rest are either grinding or distressed.

— Dani Nadel, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
The grinding process will leave a large mound of chips mixed with soil that will need to be removed and replaced with topsoil.

— Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026