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powder

  (pou'dər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A substance consisting of ground, pulverized, or otherwise finely dispersed solid particles.
  2. Any of various preparations in the form of powder, as certain cosmetics and medicines.
  3. An explosive mixture, such as gunpowder.
  4. Light dry snow.

v., -dered, -der·ing, -ders.

v.tr.
  1. To reduce to powder; pulverize.
  2. To dust or cover with or as if with powder.
  3. Slang. To defeat handily or decisively.
v.intr.
  1. To become pulverized; turn into powder.
  2. To use powder as a cosmetic.
idioms:

keep (one's) powder dry

  1. To be ready for a challenge with little warning.
take a powder
  1. To make a quick departure; run away.

[Middle English poudre, from Old French, from Latin pulvis, pulver-.]

powderer pow'der·er n.
 
 
Thesaurus: powder

verb

  1. To break up into tiny particles: bray, crush, granulate, grind, mill, pulverize, triturate. See help/harm/harmless.
  2. To scatter or release in drops or small particles: besprinkle, dust, sprinkle. See strike/miss.

 
Antonyms: powder

n

Definition: fine, loose grains from a solid
Antonyms: solid

v

Definition: crush into fine grains; sprinkle fine grains
Antonyms: solidify


 

n. short for gunpowder.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

 
any mass of fine particles or dust prepared by various mechanical means, e.g., grinding of solid substances, or by chemical means, e.g., precipitation from solutions. In a special sense, the word is applied to powdered propellant explosives, e.g., gunpowder, and to powdered substances that produce a bright light when ignited. See explosive.


 

An aggregation of particles obtained by grinding or triturating a solid.

  • dusting p. — a fine powder used as a talc substitute.
  • glove p. — sterile and special grind for powdering surgical gloves.
 
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IN BRIEF: A dry substance in the form of fine particles like dust, made by crushing or grinding.

pronunciation Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference. — Bill Clinton

 
Wikipedia: powder (disambiguation)

Powder may refer to a number of topics, including:

  • Powder material composed of very fine particles that are not cemented together
  • Powder (film), a 1995 film
  • Powder (band), a mid-1990s Britpop band.
  • Powder (doom metal band), a Filipino doom metal band formed by composer and songwriter Nephi Malit
  • Powder (book), a 2000 book by Kevin Sampson
  • Powder blue, a color
  • Powder, a song from the soundtrack of Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
  • POWDER (W3C), a W3C Working Group that is specifying a protocol for publishing descriptions of (e.g. metadata about) Web resources using RDF, OWL, and HTTP.

Several powdery substances are known colloquially as "powder":


 
Translations: Translations for: Powder

Dansk (Danish)
n. - pulver, pudder, krudt, kraft
v. tr. - pudre, pulverisere, bestrø
v. intr. - pudre sig, pulveriseres

idioms:

  • keep one's powder dry    holde krudtet tørt
  • powder blue    dueblå
  • powder keg    krudttønde
  • powder one's nose    pudre sig
  • powder puff    dame-
  • powder room    dametoilet
  • take a powder    sniffe

Nederlands (Dutch)
poeder, kruit, poeier, pulver, bepoederen, verpulveren, bestrooien

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Cosmét) poudre, poudreuse (neige), lessive
v. tr. - (Cosmét) poudrer, saupoudrer, réduire (qch) en poudre
v. intr. - se pulvériser, se réduire en poudre, se poudrer

idioms:

  • keep one's powder dry    être paré
  • powder blue    bleu pastel
  • powder keg    (Mil) baril de poudre, (fig) poudrière
  • powder one's nose    se refaire une beauté
  • powder puff    houppette
  • powder room    toilettes pour dames
  • take a powder    se droguer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pulver, Puder
v. - pudern, pulverisieren

idioms:

  • keep one's powder dry    sein Pulver trocken halten
  • powder blue    Himmelblau
  • powder keg    Pulverfaß
  • powder one's nose    sich die Nase pudern
  • powder puff    Puderquaste
  • powder room    Damentoilette
  • take a powder    abhauen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκόνη, πούδρα, σκονάκι (φάρμακο), πυρίτιδα, μπαρούτι
v. - κονιορτοποιώ/-ούμαι, τρίβω σε σκόνη, πουδράρω, βάζω πούδρα

idioms:

  • keep one's powder dry    (μτφ.) επαγρυπνώ, βρίσκομαι σε επιφυλακή
  • powder blue    ανοιχτό μπλε
  • powder keg    μπαρουτοβάρελο, εκρηκτική κατάσταση
  • powder one's nose    (λέω ότι πάω στην τουαλέτα δήθεν για να) πουδράρω τη μύτη μου
  • powder puff    πονπόν πουδραρίσματος
  • powder room    τουαλέτα γυναικών
  • take a powder    αναχωρώ ταχύτατα (κν. γίνομαι μπουχός)

Italiano (Italian)
polvere, cipria, spolverare, incipriare

idioms:

  • keep one's powder dry    tenersi pronto a tutto
  • powder blue    cobalto
  • powder keg    barile di polvere
  • powder one's nose    andare in bagno, incipriarsi
  • powder puff    piumino per la cipria
  • powder room    santabarbara
  • take a powder    svignarsela

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pó (m)
v. - pulverizar, empoar

idioms:

  • keep one's powder dry    prevenir-se de prejuízos
  • powder blue    azul-esmalte
  • powder keg    barril de pólvora, prestes a explodir
  • powder one's nose    empoar o nariz
  • powder puff    esponja para empoar
  • powder room    toucador
  • take a powder    usar medicamento em pó

Русский (Russian)
порошок, порох, пудра, толочь, пудриться

idioms:

  • keep one's powder dry    быть начеку
  • powder blue    зеленовато-голубой
  • powder keg    пороховница, пороховая бочка, опасное положение
  • powder one's nose    сходить в уборную
  • powder puff    пуховка
  • powder room    женский туалет
  • take a powder    унести ноги

Español (Spanish)
n. - polvo, pólvora, polvos
v. tr. - empolvar, reducir a polvo, pulverizar
v. intr. - empolvarse, pulverizarse

idioms:

  • keep one's powder dry    no gastar la pólvora en salvas, obrar con acierto
  • powder blue    azul pastel
  • powder keg    barril de pólvora, polvorín
  • powder one's nose    retocarse el maquillaje, ir al servicio
  • powder puff    borla para empolvarse, cisne
  • powder room    aseos, servicios
  • take a powder    poner pies en polvorosa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pulver, stoft, krut, puder, kläm, fart
v. - pulvrisera, pudra, beströ, rusa iväg

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
粉, 火药, 粉末, 搽粉于, 使成粉末, 撒粉, 搽粉, 变成粉末

idioms:

  • keep one's powder dry    做好准备
  • powder blue    浅灰蓝色
  • powder keg    小型火药桶
  • powder one's nose    在鼻子上搽粉, 上厕所
  • powder puff    粉扑
  • powder room    化妆室
  • take a powder    匆忙离去, 逃跑, 消失

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 粉, 火藥, 粉末
v. tr. - 搽粉於, 使成粉末, 撒粉
v. intr. - 搽粉, 變成粉末

idioms:

  • keep one's powder dry    做好準備
  • powder blue    淺灰藍色
  • powder keg    小型火藥桶
  • powder one's nose    在鼻子上搽粉, 上廁所
  • powder puff    粉撲
  • powder room    化妝室
  • take a powder    匆忙離去, 逃跑, 消失

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가루, 분말
v. tr. - 가루로 하다, ~에(소금, 양념 등)을 뿌리다
v. intr. - 가루가 되다, 분칠하다

idioms:

  • keep one's powder dry    만일에 대비하다
  • take a powder    도망치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 粉, 散薬, パウダー, 火薬, 力, 粉薬
v. - 粉にする, 激しく攻撃する, 振りかける, …におしろいを付ける, 粉になる, おしろいを付ける

idioms:

  • baking powder    ベーキングパウダー
  • itching powder    むずがゆくさせる物や言葉
  • powder blue    粉末花青紺, 淡青色
  • powder keg    火薬樽, 爆発しがちなもの
  • powder one's nose    手洗いに立つ
  • powder puff    おしろいばけ, タカサゴマル
  • powder room    化粧室
  • take a powder    ずらかる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ذرور, مسحوق (فعل) يرش, يتذرر, يسحن, يسحق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אבקה, פודרה, אבק-שריפה‬
v. tr. - ‮שחק לאבק, פידר, איבק‬
v. intr. - ‮התפדר/ה (לצורכי יופי)‬


 
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