Dust

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dust
v. remove dirt; sprinkle, scatter
 
n. dirt, soil; corpse, dead body; riot, panic


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Dust
Dust is a general name for minute solid particles with diameters less than 500 micrometers. On Earth, dust occurs in the atmosphere from various sources; soil dust lifted up by windvolcanic eruptions, and pollution are some examples. Airborne dust is considered an aerosol and can have a strong local radiative forcing on the atmosphere and significant effects on climate. In addition, if enough of the minute particles are dispersed within the air in a given area (such as flour or coal dust), under certain circumstances this can be an explosion hazard.
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dust
Noun
1. fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust"
(hypernym) particulate, particulate matter
(hyponym) chalk dust
2. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
(synonym) debris, junk, rubble, detritus
(hypernym) rubbish, trash, scrap
(hyponym) slack
3. free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
(hypernym) material, stuff
(hyponym) interplanetary dust
(derivation) scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse
Verb
1. remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"
(hypernym) clean, make clean
(entail) remove, take, take away, withdraw
2. 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"
(hypernym) smear, blur, smudge, smutch
(derivation) debris, junk, rubble, detritus
3. cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread with flour"
(hypernym) cover
4. distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
(synonym) scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse
(hypernym) discharge
(hyponym) spray


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düsen
v. dash, move with sudden speed, jet

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Dust
(v. t.)
To sprinkle with dust.
  
 
(v. t.)
To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.
  
 
(v. t.)
To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.
  
 
(n.)
The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
  
 
(n.)
The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
  
 
(n.)
Gold dust
  
 
(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 too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust.
  
 
(n.)
Figuratively, a worthless thing.
  
 
(n.)
Figuratively, a low or mean condition.
  
 
(n.)
Coined money; cash.
  
 
(n.)
A single particle of earth or other matter.
  

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