dust
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: astronomy
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finance
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lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
sports
Etymology: From Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust, dried earth reduced to powder; other dry material reduced to powder”), from the fusion of Proto-Germanic *dustą (“dust”) and *dunstą (“mist, dust, evaporation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”).
Cognate with Scots dust, dist (“dust”), Dutch duist (“pollen, dust”) and dons (“down, fuzz”), German Dust (“dust”) and Dunst (“haze”), Swedish dust (“dust”), Icelandic dust (“dust”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”). Also related to Swedish dun (“down, fluff”), Icelandic dúnn (“down, fluff”). See down.
Inflected forms:
form: dusts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dusts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dusting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dusted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dusted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Fine particles.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: There is so much dust released during the process of laying ballast that the trackside operator wears a full face mask with respirator.
gloss: Fine particles.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Fine particles.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Astronomers have previously considered that dust produced by the star was obscuring it, causing the steep decline in brightness.
gloss: Fine particles.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Fine particles.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
dated
slang
uncountable
gloss: Fine particles.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
examples: to touch a dust of England’s ground
gloss: The act of cleaning by dusting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: […]once they start school, I mean you can do a room out one day, the next day it only needs a dust, doesn’t it?
gloss: The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
pos: noun
tags: countable
poetic
uncountable
examples: But I should turn mine ears and hear
The moanings of the homeless sea,
⁠The sound of streams that swift or slow
⁠Draw down Æonian hills, and sow
The dust of continents to be; […]
gloss: The earth as the resting place of the dead.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: For now shall I sleep in the dust.
gloss: The earthly remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: For I will leave my relics in your land, / And you may carve a shrine about my dust, / And burn a fragrant lamp before my bones, / When I am gather’d to the glorious saints.
gloss: The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
gloss: Something worthless.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust.
gloss: A low or mean condition.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust.
gloss: Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
pos: noun
tags: UK
colloquial
countable
uncountable
gloss: cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
slang
uncountable
examples: ‘And what do you ask for it?’ ‘Fifteen thousand dollars.’ ‘I’ll take it.’ ‘Then down with the dust.’
gloss: A cloud of dust.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
examples: to raise, or kick up, a dust
gloss: A fight or row.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
gloss: A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To remove dust from.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The cleaning lady needs a stool to dust the cupboard.
There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
gloss: To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Dusting always makes me cough.
gloss: To make dusty, to soil with dust.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
gloss: Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
reflexive
gloss: To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The mother dusted her baby’s bum with talcum powder.
gloss: To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To leave quickly; to rush off.
pos: verb
tags: US
intransitive
slang
examples: He added in a casual tone: ‘The girl can dust. I’d like to talk to you a little, soldier.’
gloss: To drink up quickly; to toss off.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
gloss: To reduce to a fine powder; to pulverize, to levigate.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: good Powder differs from bad […]in having more Peter and less Coal; and lastly, in the well dusting of it
gloss: To strike, beat, thrash.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
dialectal
transitive
gloss: To defeat badly, to thrash.
pos: verb
tags: US
slang
transitive
gloss: To kill.
pos: verb
tags: US
slang
transitive
examples: Kyle Reese: You have to be careful because the [Hunter-Killer robots] use infrared. They’re not too bright. John taught us ways to dust them.
gloss: To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To attempt to identify the owner of (a cryptocurrency wallet) by sending tiny amounts of cryptocurrency.
pos: verb
Related words: crop-dust
vacuum cleaner
Derived words: angel dust
antidust
Asian dust
bark dust
beat the dust
bedust
bite the dust
brake dust
bread dust
brickdust
bull dust
bulldust
bust the dust
Cantor dust
catch dust
chalkdust
coal dust
coaldust
collect dust
come down with one's dust
come down with the dust
copple dust
cosmic dust
cupel-dust
dedust
devil's dust
dhobi dust
diamond dust
down with one's dust
down with the dust
dry as dust
dustable
dust bag
dustbag
dustball
dustbath
dust bath
dustbathe
dustbin
dust bin
dustboard
Dust Bowl
dustbowl
dust bowl
dust box
dustbox
dust-brand
dustbrush
dustbug
dust buster
dust cap
dust cart
dustcart
dustcloth
dust cloth
dustcloud
dustcoat
dust-collector
dust-colored
dust-coloured
dust contractor
dustcover
dust cover
dust devil
dustfall
dust filter
dust-free
dustfree
dusthead
dustheap
dust heap of history
Dust-Hole
dust hole
dusthole
dust jacket
dust kitten
dust kitty
dustless
dustlike
dustling
dustman
dust mask
dustmat
dust mite
dustmote
dust mouse
dust-off
dustout
dust-out
dustpan
dustperson
dustpile
dust plug
dustproof
dustrag
dust-ridden
dust ruffle
dust settles
dustsheet
dust shot
dust storm
duststorm
dust-tight
dust trap
dust-up
dustwoman
dustwrapper
dusty
eat my dust
eat someone's dust
eraser dust
extraterrestrial dust
fairy dust
feather-dust
fig-dust
fugitive dust
gather dust
gold dust
gold-dust
goofer dust
heifer dust
jack-of-the-dust
kick up dust
kiss the dust
lay the dust
leave for dust
leave someone in the dust
lick the dust
magic dust
make the dust fly
malt dust
microdust
milldust
monkey dust
moondust
nanodust
nondust
not see someone for dust
organic dust toxic syndrome
overdust
pixie dust
return to dust
sanderdust
sawdust
shake off the dust from one's feet
shake the dust from one's feet
shake the dust from one's sandals
sleepy dust
sleepy-dust
small rain lays great dust
smart dust
smartdust
smelter dust
space dust
spy dust
stardust
termination dust
the dust settles
throw dust in someone's eyes
tobacco dust juice
turn to dust
van Stockum dust
wait for the dust to settle
whoofle dust
woofle dust
yarn dust
zodiacal dust
dust bunny
dust down
duster
dust off
dust out
dust someone's jacket
dust up
undust
undusted
Translations:
lang: Acehnese
word: abee
lang: Afrikaans
word: stof
lang: Akkadian
word: 𒅖
lang: Albanian
word: pluhur
lang: Northern Altai
word: тоос
roman: toos
lang: Southern Altai
word: кок
roman: kok
lang: Southern Altai
word: тозун
roman: tozun
lang: Southern Altai
word: тозон
roman: tozon
lang: Southern Altai
word: тобрак
roman: tobrak
lang: Amharic
word: አቧራ
roman: ʾäbʷara
lang: Arabic
word: غُبَار
roman: ḡubār
lang: Arabic
word: تراب
roman: turāb
lang: Arabic
word: غُبار
roman: ḡubār
lang: Arabic
word: تُراب
roman: turāb
lang: Arabic
word: غبار
roman: ḡbār
lang: Armenian
word: փոշի
roman: pʻoši
lang: Aromanian
word: pulbiri
lang: Aromanian
word: pulbire
lang: Assamese
word: ধূলি
roman: dhuli
lang: Asturian
word: polvu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: توز
roman: tōz
lang: Azerbaijani
word: toz
lang: Baluchi
word: ہاک
roman: hák
lang: Bashkir
word: саң
roman: sañ
lang: Bashkir
word: туҙан
roman: tuźan
lang: Basque
word: hauts
lang: Karo Batak
word: abu
lang: Belarusian
word: пыл
roman: pyl
lang: Belarusian
word: по́рах
roman: pórax
lang: Bengali
word: ধূলি
roman: dhuli
lang: Bhojpuri
word: धूल
roman: dhūl
lang: Central Bikol
word: alpog
lang: Eastern Bontoc
word: tapok
lang: Breton
word: poultr
lang: Breton
word: poultrenn
lang: Budukh
word: руг
roman: rug
lang: Bulgarian
word: прах
roman: prah
lang: Burmese
word: ဖုန်
roman: hpun
lang: Buryat
word: тооһон
roman: toohon
lang: Catalan
word: pols
lang: Cebuano
word: abog
lang: Chamicuro
word: ijpe
lang: Chechen
word: чан
roman: čan
lang: Chichewa
word: fumbi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 灰塵 /灰尘
roman: fui¹ can⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 塵 /尘
roman: can⁴
lang: Chinese
word: чынтў
roman: čɨntw
lang: Chinese
word: хуэйтў
roman: hueytw
lang: Chinese
word: тонтў
roman: tontw
lang: Chinese
word: тў
roman: tw
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 灰
roman: huī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 灰塵 /灰尘
roman: huīchén
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 塵土 /尘土
roman: chéntǔ
lang: Chuvash
word: тусан
roman: tus̬an
lang: East Circassian
word: сабэ
roman: sabɛ
lang: Cornish
word: doust
lang: Cornish
word: polter
lang: Cornish
word: ponn
lang: Corsican
word: polvara
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: toz
lang: Czech
word: prach
lang: Dalmatian
word: pulvro
lang: Danish
word: støv
lang: Dutch
word: stof
lang: Egyptian
word: x-m-w-TAw-Z3
roman: ḫmw
lang: Erzya
word: пуль
roman: puľ
lang: Esperanto
word: polvo
lang: Estonian
word: tolm
lang: Evenki
word: на̄мнэ
roman: nāmnə
lang: Ewe
word: fúfu
lang: Faroese
word: dust
lang: Finnish
word: pöly
lang: Finnish
word: tomu
lang: French
word: poussière
lang: West-Frisian
word: stof
lang: Friulian
word: polvar
lang: Gagauz
word: тоз
lang: Galician
word: pó
lang: Galician
word: voaxa
lang: Galician
word: foula
lang: Galician
word: purreiro
lang: Galician
word: queila
lang: Galician
word: borralla
lang: Georgian
word: მტვერი
roman: mṭveri
lang: German
word: Staub
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰
roman: mulda
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌿𐍃
roman: stubjus
lang: Greek
word: σκόνη
roman: skóni
lang: Ancient Greek
word: κόνις
roman: kónis
lang: Ancient Greek
word: χοῦς
roman: khoûs
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἴκνυς
roman: íknus
lang: Greenlandic
word: qasernerit
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: yvytimbo
lang: Haitian Creole
word: pousyè
lang: Hawaiian
word: ʻehu
lang: Hebrew
word: אָבָק
roman: avák
lang: Higaonon
word: aliyabuk
lang: Hindi
word: धूल
roman: dhūl
lang: Hindi
word: धूलि
roman: dhūli
lang: Hindi
word: ख़ाक
roman: xāk
lang: Hindi
word: खाक
roman: khāk
lang: Hindi
word: धुलि
roman: dhuli
lang: Hindi
word: गर्द
roman: gard
lang: Hungarian
word: por
lang: Hunsrik
word: Staab
lang: Icelandic
word: ryk
lang: Tuwali Ifugao
word: dap-ul
lang: Tuwali Ifugao
word: hupuk
lang: Tuwali Ifugao
word: tapuk
lang: Ilocano
word: tapok
lang: Indonesian
word: debu
lang: Indonesian
word: duli
lang: Ingrian
word: pölly
lang: Ingush
word: дома
roman: doma
lang: Inuktitut
word: ᓴᓂᖅ
roman: saniq
lang: Irish
word: deannach
lang: Irish
word: dusta
lang: Italian
word: polvere
lang: Japanese
word: 埃
roman: hokori
lang: Japanese
word: ほこり
roman: hokori
lang: Javanese
word: awu
lang: Javanese
word: bledug
lang: Javanese
word: lebu
lang: Kaitag
word: пяхӏ
roman: pəḥ
lang: Kaitag
word: пягь
roman: pəh
lang: Lubuagan Kalinga
word: tapok
lang: Southern Kalinga
word: tapuk
lang: Southern Kalinga
word: kafu
lang: Kalmyk
word: тоосн
roman: toosn
lang: Kalmyk
word: шора
roman: şora
lang: Kazakh
word: шаң
roman: şañ
lang: Khakas
word: тозын
roman: tozın
lang: Khmer
word: ធូលី
roman: thuulii
lang: Khmer
word: ក្អែល
roman: kʼael
lang: Khmer
word: ខ្ញម
roman: khñɑɑm
lang: Khmer
word: ខ្សាច់
roman: khsac
lang: Old Khmer
word: ធូលី
lang: Old Khmer
word: ធុលិ
lang: Komi-Zyrian
word: бус
roman: bus
lang: Konkani
word: धूळी
roman: dhūḷī
lang: Korean
word: 먼지
roman: meonji
lang: Korean
word: 흙
roman: heuk
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: toz
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: xubar
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чаң
roman: caŋ
lang: Lao
word: ຝຸ່ນ
roman: fun
lang: Lao
word: ຜົງ
roman: phong
lang: Lao
word: ທຸລີ
roman: thu lī
lang: Latin
word: pulvis
lang: Latin
word: pollen
lang: Latvian
word: puteklis
lang: Latvian
word: putekļi
lang: Lezgi
word: руг
roman: rug
lang: Limburgish
word: sjtöb
lang: Linngithigh
word: ibhi
lang: Lithuanian
word: dulkės
lang: Lombard
word: polver
lang: Low German
word: Stoff
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Stëbs
lang: Macedonian
word: прав
roman: prav
lang: Macedonian
word: пра́шина
roman: prášina
lang: Malagasy
word: jomoka
lang: Brunei Malay
word: abuk
lang: Malay
word: هابوق
lang: Malay
word: دبو
lang: Malay
word: habuk
lang: Malay
word: debu
lang: Maltese
word: trab
lang: Manchu
word: ᠪᡠᡵᠠᡴᡳ
roman: buraki
lang: Northern Mansi
word: порс
roman: pors
lang: Manx
word: joan
lang: Māori
word: puehu
lang: Māori
word: hungahunga
lang: Maranao
word: lopapek
lang: Marathi
word: धूळ
roman: dhūḷ
lang: Eastern Mari
word: пурак
roman: purak
lang: Western Mari
word: пырак
roman: pyrak
lang: Mirandese
word: polvra
lang: Moksha
word: пуль
roman: puľ
lang: Mongolian
word: тоос
roman: toos
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠰᠤ
roman: toɣusu
lang: Nanai
word: бурэхи
roman: burexi
lang: Navajo
word: łeezh
lang: Neapolitan
word: povere
lang: Nepali
word: धुलो
roman: dhulo
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: støv
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: dust
lang: Occitan
word: polvèra
lang: Odia
word: ଧୂଲା
roman: dhulā
lang: Church Slavic
word: прахъ
roman: praxŭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: порохъ
roman: poroxŭ
lang: Old English
word: dūst
lang: Oromo
word: awwaara
lang: Oroqen
word: tɔ:rag
lang: Ossetian
word: рыг
roman: ryg
lang: Pali
word: dhūli
lang: Papiamentu
word: puiro
lang: Pashto
word: دوڼ
roman: dúṇ
lang: Pashto
word: ږږ
roman: ẓǝẓ
lang: Pashto
word: کسيا
roman: kasyã
lang: Iranian Persian
word: خاک
roman: xâk
lang: Iranian Persian
word: گَرْد
roman: gard
lang: Iranian Persian
word: غُبار
roman: ġobâr
lang: Polish
word: kurz
lang: Polish
word: pył
lang: Polish
word: proch
lang: Portuguese
word: pó
lang: Portuguese
word: poeira
lang: Quechua
word: allpa
lang: Rohingya
word: dúl
lang: Romanian
word: praf
lang: Romanian
word: pulbere
lang: Romanian
word: colb
lang: Romansh
word: pulvra
lang: Romansh
word: puolra
lang: Romansh
word: polvra
lang: Romansh
word: puolvra
lang: Russian
word: пыль
roman: pylʹ
lang: Russian
word: прах
roman: prax
lang: Northern Sami
word: gavja
lang: Sanskrit
word: धूलि
roman: dhūli
lang: Sanskrit
word: रजस्
roman: rájas
lang: Sardinian
word: peure
lang: Sardinian
word: piubare
lang: Sardinian
word: piubere
lang: Sardinian
word: piure
lang: Sardinian
word: prubere
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: duslach
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dust
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: stùr
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пра̀шина
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пра̑х
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pràšina
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prȃh
lang: Sherpa
word: རྡུལ
roman: rdul
lang: Sicilian
word: pruvulazzu
lang: Sicilian
word: pùrviri
lang: Sidamo
word: buko
lang: Sinhalese
word: දූවිල්ල
roman: dūwilla
lang: Slovak
word: prach
lang: Slovene
word: prah
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: proch
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: proch
lang: Spanish
word: polvo
lang: Sundanese
word: kekebul
lang: Swahili
word: kivumbi
lang: Swedish
word: damm
lang: Swedish
word: stoft
lang: Tabasaran
word: руг
roman: rug
lang: Tagalog
word: alikabok
lang: Tagalog
word: gabok
lang: Tajik
word: чанг
roman: čang
lang: Tajik
word: хок
roman: xok
lang: Tajik
word: ғубор
roman: ġubor
lang: Tajik
word: гард
roman: gard
lang: Tatar
word: тузан
roman: tuzan
lang: Tausug
word: bagunbun
lang: Telugu
word: దుమ్ము
roman: dummu
lang: Telugu
word: ధూళి
roman: dhūḷi
lang: Tetum
word: ahun
lang: Thai
word: ฝุ่น
roman: fùn
lang: Thai
word: ผง
roman: pǒng
lang: Thai
word: ธุลี
roman: tú-lii
lang: Tibetan
word: ཐལ་བ
roman: thal ba
lang: Tibetan
word: རྡུལ
roman: rdul
lang: Tocharian B
word: spaitu
lang: Tocharian B
word: tweye
lang: Tongan
word: efu
lang: Tooro
word: ecuucu class 9
lang: Tswana
word: loupa
lang: Turkish
word: toz
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: توز
roman: toz
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: تراب
roman: türâb
lang: Turkmen
word: çaň
lang: Turkmen
word: toz
lang: Tuvan
word: доозун
roman: doozun
lang: Udmurt
word: тузон
roman: tuzon
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎓𐎔𐎗
roman: ʿpr
lang: Ukrainian
word: пил
roman: pyl
lang: Ukrainian
word: по́рох
roman: pórox
lang: Ukrainian
word: ку́рява
roman: kúrjava
lang: Unami
word: punkw
lang: Urdu
word: دُھول
roman: dhūl
lang: Urdu
word: خاک
roman: xāk
lang: Urdu
word: گَرْد
roman: gard
lang: Urdu
word: غُبار
roman: ġubār
lang: Uyghur
word: چاڭ
roman: chang
lang: Uzbek
word: chang
lang: Venetan
word: polvare
lang: Vietnamese
word: bụi
lang: Volapük
word: püf
lang: Walloon
word: poure
lang: Walloon
word: poude
lang: Welsh
word: llwch
lang: Welsh
word: pylor
lang: Welsh
word: dwst
lang: Wolaytta
word: baanaa
lang: Yakut
word: быыл
roman: bïïl
lang: Yiddish
word: שטויב
roman: shtoyb
lang: Zealandic
word: stof
lang: Zhuang
word: hoi
lang: Zulu
word: uthuli class 11/10