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Definition of Dust

1. Noun. Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air. "The furniture was covered with dust"

2. Verb. Remove the dust from. "Dust the cabinets"

3. Noun. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.

4. Verb. Rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape. "They dust sugar over the cake"; "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"

5. Noun. Free microscopic particles of solid material. "Astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"

6. Verb. Cover with a light dusting of a substance. "They dust the cake with sugar"; "Dust the bread with flour"

7. Verb. Distribute loosely. "They dust sugar over the cake"; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

Definition of Dust

1. 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 to minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust.

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

Definition of Dust

1. Noun. Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc. ¹

2. Noun. The act of cleaning by dusting. ¹

3. Noun. (mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) to remove dust from ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) to remove dust; to clean by removing dust ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) to spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dust

1. to make free of dust (minute particles of matter) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Dust

1. 1. 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. "Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." (Gen. Iii. 19) "Stop! for thy tread is on an empire's dust." (Byron) 2. A single particle of earth or other matter. "To touch a dust of England's ground." 3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead. "For now shall sleep in the dust." (Job vii. 21) 4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body. "And you may carve a shrine about my dust." (Tennyson) 5. Figuratively, a worthless thing. "And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust." (Shak) 6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition. "[God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust." (1 Sam. Ii. 8) 7. Gold dust; hence: Coined money; cash. Down with the dust, deposit the cash; pay down the money. "My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading." . Dust brand, a fungous plant (Ustilago Carbo); called also smut. Gold dust, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; often used as money, being transferred by weight. In dust and ashes. See Ashes. To bite the dust. See Bite, To raise, or kick up, dust, to make a commotion. To throw dust in one's eyes, to mislead; to deceive. Origin: AS. Dust; cf. LG. Dust, D. Duist meal dust, OD. Doest, donst, and G. Dunst vapor, OHG. Tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. Dust dust, Dan. Dyst mill dust; perh. Akin to L. Fumus smoke, E. Fume. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dust

duskiness duskinesses dusking duskish dusklight duskly duskness dusks dusktime dusky

dusky-footed woodrat dusky salamander dusky shark dusmatovite dussertite dust (current term) dust-covered dust-off dust-up dust asthma

dust bag dust ball dust bin dust bins dust bowl dust bunnies dust bunny dust cell dust cloth dust cloud

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