Word: dusting
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: du
sting
Definition: A maintenance or comfort behaviour in which a bird flushes fine dirt through the feathers; dust-bathing.
Morphemes:
Affix: dust
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.