Dust

[dʌst]

Definition

(noun.) fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; 'the furniture was covered with dust'.

(noun.) free microscopic particles of solid material; 'astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust'.

(verb.) remove the dust from; 'dust the cabinets'.

(verb.) rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape; 'The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image'.

(verb.) cover with a light dusting of a substance; 'dust the bread with flour'.

Checker: Williams--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust.

(n.) A single particle of earth or other matter.

(n.) The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

(n.) The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

(n.) Figuratively, a worthless thing.

(n.) Figuratively, a low or mean condition.

(n.) Gold dust

(n.) Coined money; cash.

(v. t.) To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.

(v. t.) To sprinkle with dust.

(v. t.) To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

Checked by Emma

Definition

n. fine particles of matter: a cloud of powdery matter present in the atmosphere: powder: earth: the grave where the body becomes dust: a mean condition: gold-dust—hence money.—v.t. to free from dust: to sprinkle with dust.—ns. Dust′-ball a disease of horses in which grain-dust forms a ball in the intestine; Dust′-bin a bucket box &c. for holding dust and rubbish; Dust′-brand smut (q.v.); Dust′-brush a light brush for removing dust from walls &c.; Dust′-cart a cart for conveying dust and rubbish from the streets; Dust′-contract′or one who has made a contract to remove dust &c. as from yards; Dust′er one who dusts: a cloth or brush used for removing dust; Dust′-hole a dust-bin; Dust′iness; Dust′man a scavenger; Dust′-pan a pan or shovel for removing dust swept from the floor.—adj. Dust′y covered or sprinkled with dust: like dust.—ns. Dust′y-foot (see Pie-powder); Dust′y-mill′er the auricula from the white dust upon its leaves.—Dust a person's jacket to give him a drubbing.—Bite the dust (see Bite); Down with the dust pay down the money originally with reference to gold-dust; Kick up a dust to make a stir or uproar; Raise a dust to create a disturbance; Throw dust in a person's eyes to delude or deceive a person.

Typist: Phil