dandruff
dandruff · dandruffs · dandruffed · dandruffing
To fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruffTo fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff.
UK/ˈdændɹʌf/US/ˈdændɹəf/
Meaning
1 sensesTo fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff.
Examples
14 sentencesOrigin
The word is first attested in 1545; the first element is obscure, but compare dander. TheThe word is first attested in 1545; the first element is obscure, but compare dander. The second element derives from a Northumbrian or East Anglian Middle English hurf (“scab”), from Old Norse hrufa. Compare Dutch roof, Luxembourgish Roff. Related with Proto-Germanic *hreubaz, *hreufaz (“rough, scabby”), source of Old English hrēofla (“leprosy, leper”). More at reef (etymology 3).
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Forms
dandruffs, dandruffing, dandruffed, dandruffed| Base form | dandruff · to dandruff |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | dandruffs |
| Present participle | dandruffing |
| Past simple | dandruffed |
| Past participle | dandruffed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle