'Dust' definitions:

Definition of 'dust'

(from WordNet)
noun
Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust"
noun
The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
noun
Free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
verb
Remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"
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"
verb
Cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread with flour"
verb
Distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse]

Definition of 'Dust'

From: GCIDE
  • Dust \Dust\ (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]71.]
  • 1. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled to minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust. [1913 Webster]
  • Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. --Gen. iii. 19. [1913 Webster]
  • Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] "To touch a dust of England's ground." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead. [1913 Webster]
  • For now shall sleep in the dust. --Job vii. 21. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body. [1913 Webster]
  • And you may carve a shrine about my dust. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Figuratively, a worthless thing. [1913 Webster]
  • And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition. [1913 Webster]
  • [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. --1 Sam. ii. 8. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash. [1913 Webster]
  • Down with the dust, deposit the cash; pay down the money. [Slang] "My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading." --Fuller.
  • Dust brand (Bot.), a fungous plant (Ustilago Carbo); -- called also smut.
  • Gold dust, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred by weight.
  • In dust and ashes. See under Ashes.
  • To bite the dust. See under Bite, v. t.
  • To raise dust, or
  • To kick up dust, to make a commotion. [Colloq.]
  • To throw dust in one's eyes, to mislead; to deceive. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Dust'

From: GCIDE
  • Dust \Dust\ (d[u^]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dusting.]
  • 1. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To sprinkle with dust. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. --Sprat. [1913 Webster]
  • To dyst one's jacket, to give one a flogging. [Slang.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'dust'

From: Easton
  • Dust Storms of sand and dust sometimes overtake Eastern travellers. They are very dreadful, many perishing under them. Jehovah threatens to bring on the land of Israel, as a punishment for forsaking him, a rain of "powder and dust" (Deut. 28:24).
  • To cast dust on the head was a sign of mourning (Josh. 7:6); and to sit in dust, of extreme affliction (Isa. 47:1). "Dust" is used to denote the grave (Job 7:21). "To shake off the dust from one's feet" against another is to renounce all future intercourse with him (Matt. 10:14; Acts 13:51). To "lick the dust" is a sign of abject submission (Ps. 72:9); and to throw dust at one is a sign of abhorrence (2 Sam. 16:13; comp. Acts 22:23).

Synonyms of 'dust'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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