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dust

noun
\ ˈdəst How to pronounce dust (audio) \

Definition of dust

 (Entry 1 of 2)

1 : fine particles of matter (as of earth)
2 : the particles into which something disintegrates
3a : something worthless
b : a state of humiliation
4a : the earth especially as a place of burial
b : the surface of the ground
5a : a cloud of dust
b : confusion, disturbance
6 archaic : a single particle (as of earth)
7 British : refuse ready for collection

dust

verb
dusted; dusting; dusts

Definition of dust (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1 archaic : to make dusty
2 : to make free of dust dust the living room
3a : to sprinkle with fine particles a cake dusted with sugar
b : to sprinkle in the form of dust
4 : to throw a fastball close to (a batter) : brush back —often used with off
5 : to defeat badly (as in a race)

intransitive verb

1 of a bird : to work dust into the feathers
2 : to remove dust
3 : to give off dust
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Other Words from dust

Noun

dustless \ ˈdÉ™st-​lÉ™s How to pronounce dustless (audio) \ adjective
dustlike \ ˈdÉ™st-​ËŒlÄ«k How to pronounce dustlike (audio) \ adjective

Examples of dust in a Sentence

Noun

 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. As the car sped down the dirt road, it left a cloud of dust behind. He wiped the chalk dust off his hands.

Verb

 I dust at least once a week. Dust the pan with flour. The crops will be dusted with pesticide.
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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

 Kicking up endless swirls of dust in the south, then slogging through miles of knee-deep mud or snow in the north. — Melanie Radzicki Mcmanus, chicagotribune.com, "‘Hiker trash,’ a fat rattlesnake and fickle Mother Nature: What it’s like to trek 800 miles on the Arizona Trail," 4 Sep. 2019 Not far away, a group of youngsters kicked up plenty of dust on a hot day, playing shinny. — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, "‘Culture is like the hub of a wheel': Traditions on display at Pala Band of Mission Indians gathering," 31 Aug. 2019 But sometime in the past 20 years, space dust from a supernova intersected with Earth and settled in Antarctica. — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, "Supernova remnants found in Antarctic could be 20 million years old," 28 Aug. 2019 There are no visible fine particles or dust on the surface, which scientists expected due to weathering. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "New images reveal Ryugu is an oddly dust-free asteroid," 22 Aug. 2019 The meteors are tiny specks of dust from the comet Swift-Tuttle, which comes close to Earth every year at this time. — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, "Perseid meteor shower will put on a big celestial show," 10 Aug. 2019 Multiple reports of leakage onto food items; An ice machine cover was soiled with black debris; Soiled and cleaned cutlery was not properly separated; Excessive amounts of dust in dining room. — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, "Carnival Fantasy, based in Mobile, fails health inspection; flies, improper sneeze guards cited," 9 Aug. 2019 Tests found the amount of dust in the air inside the fire station was undetectable. — Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com, "Asbestos tiles, tape to be replaced at Fire Station 27; tests found ‘no significant’ air pollutants," 19 July 2019 Facebook can figure out if two people know each other by looking at the metadata of photos uploaded in a small time frame in a small geographic area and then comparing the scratches and dust <

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