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- DictionaryDust/dəst/
noun
- 1. 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"
- 2. an act of dusting: "a quick dust, to get rid of the cobwebs"
verb
- 1. remove the dust from the surface of (something) by wiping or brushing it: "I broke the vase I had been dusting"
- 2. cover lightly with a powdered substance: "roll out on a surface dusted with flour"
noun. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. synonyms: debris, detritus, junk, rubble. see more. verb. cover with a light dusting of a substance. “ dust the bread with flour” see more. 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”
4 days ago · dust in British English. (dʌst ) noun. 1. dry fine powdery material, such as particles of dirt, earth or pollen. 2. a cloud of such fine particles. 3. the powdery particles to which something is thought to be reduced by death, decay, or disintegration.
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.
B1. a powder of dirt or soil that you see on a surface or in the air: The shelves were covered in a thick layer of dust. He drove off in a cloud of dust. Idioms. bite the dust. the dust settles. dust. verb [ I, T ] uk / dʌst / us. to remove dust from something: I tidied and dusted the shelves.
noun. /dʌst/ [uncountable] a fine powder that consists of very small pieces of sand, earth, etc. A cloud of dust rose as the truck pulled away. The workers wear masks to avoid inhaling the dust. see cosmic dust Thesaurus. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
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 lifted by wind (an aeolian process), volcanic eruptions, and pollution. Dust in homes is composed of about 20–50% dead skin cells.
Britannica Dictionary definition of DUST. [noncount] 1. : fine dry powder that builds up inside buildings on surfaces that have not recently been cleaned. The floor was covered with dust. You can see the dust particles floating through the air. There is not a speck of dust in that house.
