Dust

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  • noun. Fine, dry particles of matter.
  • noun. A cloud of fine, dry particles.
  • noun. Particles of matter regarded as the result of disintegration.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Earth, especially when regarded as the substance of the grave.
  • noun. The surface of the ground.
  • noun. A debased or despised condition.
  • noun. Something of no worth.
  • noun. Rubbish readied for disposal.
  • noun. Confusion; agitation; commotion.
  • intransitive verb. To remove dust from by wiping, brushing, or beating.
  • intransitive verb. To sprinkle with a powdery substance.
  • intransitive verb. To apply or strew in fine particles.
  • intransitive verb. To deliver a pitch so close to (the batter) as to make the batter back away.
  • intransitive verb. To clean by removing dust.
  • intransitive verb. To cover itself with dry soil or other particulate matter. Used of a bird.
  • phrasal verb. To restore to use.
  • idiom. (in the dust) Far behind, as in a race or competition.
  • idiom. (make the dust fly) To go about a task with great energy and speed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To free from dust; brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from: as, to dust a table, floor, or room.
  • To sprinkle with dust, or with something in the form of dust: as, to dust a cake with fine sugar; to dust a surface with white or yellow.
  • To throw; hurl.
  • To strike; beat.
  • To run; leave hastily; scuttle; get out: as, to get up and dust; come, dust out of here.
  • noun. In botany, pollen.
  • noun. Flour.
  • noun. Earth or other matter in fine dry particles, so attenuated that they can be raised and carried by the wind; finely comminuted or powdered matter: as, clouds of dust obscure the sky.
  • noun. A collection or cloud of powdered matter in the air; an assemblage or mass of fine particles carried by the wind: as, the trampling of the animals raised a great dust; to take the dust of a carriage going in advance.
  • noun. Hence Confusion, obscurity, or entanglement of contrary opinions or desires; embroilment; discord: as, to raise a dust about an affront; to kick up a dust. See phrases below.
  • noun. A small quantity of any powdered substance sprinkled over something: used chiefly in cookery: as, give it a dust of ground spice.
  • noun. Crude matter regarded as consisting of separate particles; elementary substance.
  • noun. Hence A dead body, or one of the atoms that compose it; remains.
  • noun. A low condition, as if prone on the ground.
  • noun. Rubbish; ashes and other refuse.
  • noun. Gold-dust; hence, money; cash. See phrases below.
  • noun. Same as dust-brand.
  • noun. To make confusion or disturbance; get up a dispute; create discord or angry discussion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from.
  • transitive verb. To sprinkle with dust.
  • transitive verb. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.
  • transitive verb. to give one a flogging.
  • noun. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled to minute portions; fine powder
  • noun. A single particle of earth or other matter.
  • noun. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
  • noun. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
  • noun. Figuratively, a worthless thing.
  • noun. Figuratively, a low or mean condition.
  • noun. Gold dust.
  • noun. deposit the cash; pay down the money.
  • noun. a fungous plant (Ustilago Carbo); -- called also smut.
  • Word Usage
    "Yea it is dust of the worst kind, caused from the mines of this ancient house of God, so that it pittieth his [1] servants to see her in the dust_."
    Form
    dust off  duster  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blur  clean  cover  make clean  smear  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adjust  antitrust  brust  bused  bussed  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ash  blood  cloud  darkness  dirt  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    dusted  dusting  dusts