pölyttää — meaning in English

English meaning

• dust noun Fine, dry particles of dirt, skin, pollen, and other matter that settle on surfaces or float in the air.
• pollinate verb To put pollen onto the female part of a flower.
• sputter noun Small drops of liquid or moist matter thrown out suddenly.

Senses

pölyttää is used for these senses in English:

• dust (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
• dust (transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
• pollinate To apply pollen to (a stigma).
• sputter (physics, transitive) To coat the surface of an object by sputtering.

dust — full definition

1. noun Fine, dry particles of dirt, skin, pollen, and other matter that settle on surfaces or float in the air.
2. verb To wipe or brush dust off a surface.
3. verb To sprinkle a fine powder or substance over something.

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