Definitions from Wiktionary (Dust)
▸ noun: Fine particles.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
▸ noun: (uncountable, astronomy) Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
▸ noun: (uncountable, occupational health) Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
▸ noun: (uncountable, Australia, slang, dated) Flour.
▸ noun: (countable, obsolete) A single fine, dry particle of earth or other material; grain of dust.
▸ noun: (countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
▸ noun: (countable) The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
▸ noun: (poetic) Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
▸ noun: The earth as the resting place of the dead.
▸ noun: The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
▸ noun: (figurative) The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
▸ noun: (figurative) Something worthless.
▸ noun: (figurative) A low or mean condition.
▸ noun: (British, colloquial) Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
▸ noun: (slang, dated) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
▸ noun: (countable) A cloud of dust.
▸ noun: (countable, figurative) A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
▸ noun: (countable, colloquial) A fight or row.
▸ noun: (countable, mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
▸ noun: (cryptocurrencies) Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
▸ verb: (transitive) To remove dust from.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To make dusty, to soil with dust.
▸ verb: (intransitive or reflexive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
▸ verb: (transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
▸ verb: (transitive) To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
▸ verb: (intransitive, chiefly US slang) To leave quickly; to rush off.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To drink up quickly; to toss off.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To reduce to a fine powder; to pulverize, to levigate.
▸ verb: (transitive, now colloquial or dialectal) To strike, beat, thrash.
▸ verb: (transitive, chiefly US slang) To defeat badly, to thrash.
▸ verb: (transitive, chiefly US slang) To kill.
▸ verb: (transitive, baseball) To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.
▸ verb: (cryptocurrencies) To attempt to identify the owner of (a cryptocurrency wallet) by sending tiny amounts of cryptocurrency.
▸ noun: A surname.
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▸ noun: Fine particles.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
▸ noun: (uncountable, astronomy) Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
▸ noun: (uncountable, occupational health) Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
▸ noun: (uncountable, Australia, slang, dated) Flour.
▸ noun: (countable, obsolete) A single fine, dry particle of earth or other material; grain of dust.
▸ noun: (countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
▸ noun: (countable) The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
▸ noun: (poetic) Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
▸ noun: The earth as the resting place of the dead.
▸ noun: The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
▸ noun: (figurative) The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
▸ noun: (figurative) Something worthless.
▸ noun: (figurative) A low or mean condition.
▸ noun: (British, colloquial) Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
▸ noun: (slang, dated) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
▸ noun: (countable) A cloud of dust.
▸ noun: (countable, figurative) A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
▸ noun: (countable, colloquial) A fight or row.
▸ noun: (countable, mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
▸ noun: (cryptocurrencies) Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
▸ verb: (transitive) To remove dust from.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
▸ verb: (transitive, archaic) To make dusty, to soil with dust.
▸ verb: (intransitive or reflexive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
▸ verb: (transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
▸ verb: (transitive) To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
▸ verb: (intransitive, chiefly US slang) To leave quickly; to rush off.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To drink up quickly; to toss off.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To reduce to a fine powder; to pulverize, to levigate.
▸ verb: (transitive, now colloquial or dialectal) To strike, beat, thrash.
▸ verb: (transitive, chiefly US slang) To defeat badly, to thrash.
▸ verb: (transitive, chiefly US slang) To kill.
▸ verb: (transitive, baseball) To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.
▸ verb: (cryptocurrencies) To attempt to identify the owner of (a cryptocurrency wallet) by sending tiny amounts of cryptocurrency.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ Also see dust
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