DUST
\dˈʌst], \dˈʌst], \d_ˈʌ_s_t]\
Definitions of DUST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust"
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free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
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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"
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remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"
By Princeton University
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fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust"
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free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
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remove the dust from, as of furniture
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A single particle of earth or other matter.
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The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
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The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
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Figuratively, a worthless thing.
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Coined money; cash.
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To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.
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To sprinkle with dust.
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To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A single particle of earth or other matter.
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The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
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The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
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Figuratively, a worthless thing.
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Coined money; cash.
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To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.
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To sprinkle with dust.
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To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.
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Gold dust
By Noah Webster.
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Fine dry particles of matter; a cloud or film of such fine particles; any fine powder; the particles into which a decaying body falls; pollen; a low condition.
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To brush away dust from; cover with powder; as, to dust a cake with sugar.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Fine particles of anything like smoke or vapor: powder: earth: the grave, where the body becomes dust: a mean condition.
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To free from dust: to sprinkle with dust.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To free from dust; sprinkle with dust; reduce to dust.
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Any substance, as earth, reduced to powder.
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A dead body; remains; the grave.
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Ashes and household sweepings.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Smith Ely Jelliffe