abstauben — 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.
• scrounge verb To search for or obtain something, especially by asking others or making do with what is available.

Senses

abstauben is used for these senses in English:

• dust (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
• dust off (transitive) To remove dust from.
• scrounge (ambitransitive) To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.

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.

scrounge — full definition

1. verb To search for or obtain something, especially by asking others or making do with what is available.
2. noun A person who scrounges; someone who gets by on borrowed or found things.

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