dust
dust/dəst/
noun
- fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth or waste matter lying on the ground or on surfaces or carried in the air."the car sent up clouds of dust"synonyms: fine powder, fine particles, dirt, grime, filth, smut, soot
- an act of dusting."a quick dust, to get rid of the cobwebs"
verb
- remove the dust from the surface of (something) by wiping or brushing it."I broke the vase I had been dusting"synonyms: wipe, clean, buff, brush, sweep, mop
- cover lightly with a powdered substance."roll out on a surface dusted with flour"synonyms: sprinkle, scatter, powder, dredge, sift, spray, cover, spread, strew, dot, fleck, freckle, dab, befleck, bestrew, besprinkle
- beat up or kill someone."the officers dusted him up a little bit"
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The meaning of DUST is fine particles of matter (as of earth). How to use dust in a sentence.
to suffer defeat; be unsuccessful; fail: Another manufacturer has bitten the dust. dust off,.
dust verb (COVER) ... to cover something with a light powder: dust something with something Dust the top of the cake with confectioner's sugar.
/dəst/ · noun. fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air · noun. free microscopic particles of solid material · noun.
DUST meaning: 1 : fine dry powder that builds up inside buildings on surfaces that have not recently been cleaned; 2 : fine powder made up of very small ...
to strew or sprinkle (a powder, dust, or other fine particles): to dust insecticide on a rosebush. to soil with dust; make dusty.
2. uncountable noun. Dust is the very small pieces of dirt which you find inside buildings, for example, on furniture, floors, or lights.
[transitive] dust something (+ adv./prep.) to remove dirt from someone or something/yourself with your hands or a brush She dusted some ash from her sleeve.
Dust is made of fine particles of solid matter. ... On Earth, it generally consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil ...
