dust

dust  (dst)

n.

1. Fine, dry particles of matter.

2. A cloud of fine, dry particles.

3. Particles of matter regarded as the result of disintegration: fabric that had fallen to dust over the centuries.

4.

a. Earth, especially when regarded as the substance of the grave: "ashes to ashes, dust to dust" Book of Common Prayer.

b. The surface of the ground.

5. A debased or despised condition.

6. Something of no worth.

7. Chiefly British Rubbish readied for disposal.

8. Confusion; agitation; commotion: won't go back in until the dust settles.

v. dust·ed, dust·ing, dusts

v.tr.

1. To remove dust from by wiping, brushing, or beating: dust the furniture.

2. To sprinkle with a powdery substance: dusted the cookies with sugar; dust crops with fertilizer.

3. To apply or strew in fine particles: dusted talcum powder on my feet.

4. Baseball To deliver a pitch so close to (the batter) as to make the batter back away.

v.intr.

1. To clean by removing dust.

2. To cover itself with such particulate matter. Used of a bird.

Phrasal Verb:

dust off

To restore to use: dusted off last year's winter coat.

Idioms:

in the dust

Far behind, as in a race or competition: a marketing strategy that left our competitors in the dust.

make the dust fly

To go about a task with great energy and speed.

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[Middle English, from Old English dst.]

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dust

Noun

1. small dry particles of earth, sand, or dirt

2. bite the dust

a. to stop functioning: my television has finally bitten the dust

b. to fall down dead

3. shake the dust off one's feet to depart angrily

4. throw dust in someone's eyes to confuse or mislead someone

Verb

1. to remove dust from (furniture) by wiping

2. to sprinkle (something) with a powdery substance: serve dusted with brown sugar and cinnamon [Old English dūst]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dust - fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust" particulate, particulate matter - a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) chalk dust - dust resulting from writing with a piece of chalk; "chalk dust covered the teacher's hands" fallout, radioactive dust - the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
	2.	dust - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up debris, detritus, junk, rubble rubbish, trash, scrap - worthless material that is to be disposed of slack - dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
	3.	dust - free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust" interplanetary dust - microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
Verb	1.	dust - remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets" clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"
	2.	dust - 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" smudge, smutch, smear, blur - make a smudge on; soil by smudging
	3.	dust - cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread with flour" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	4.	dust - distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" disperse, sprinkle, dot, scatter spray - scatter in a mass or jet of droplets; "spray water on someone"; "spray paint on the wall" spray - be discharged in sprays of liquid; "Water sprayed all over the floor" spatter, splatter, plash, swash, splash, splosh - dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" splash, sprinkle, splosh - cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force; "She splashed the water around her" discharge - pour forth or release; "discharge liquids" bespangle - dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects aerosolize, aerosolise - disperse as an aerosol; "The bacteria suspension was aerosolized"

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dust

noun 1. grime, grit, powder, powdery dirt

noun 2. earth, ground, soil, dirt

noun 3. particles, fine fragments

verb 4. sprinkle, cover, powder, spread, spray, scatter, sift, dredge

Translations

dust [dʌst] n → polvo

vt [+ furniture] → desempolvar [+ cake etc]: to dust with → espolvorear de

dust off vt (also fig) → desempolvar, quitar el polvo de

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dust [dʌst] n → poussière f

vt [+ furniture] → essuyer, épousseter [+ cake etc];

to dust with → saupoudrer de

dust off vt (also fig) → dépoussiérer

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dust [dʌst] n → Staub m

vt → abstauben;

(cake etc);

to dust with → bestäuben mit

dust off dust vt → abwischen, wegwischen (fig); hervorkramen

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dust [dʌst] n → polvere f

vt [+ furniture] → spolverare [+ cake etc]: to dust with → cospargere con

dust off vt → rispolverare