dust
/dʌst/noun, verb1 syllable
Dust means: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.
Synonyms for dust8
What does dust mean?7
noun
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air“the furniture was covered with dust”
free microscopic particles of solid material“astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust”
verb
distribute loosely“He scattered gun powder under the wagon”
remove the dust from“dust the cabinets”
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”
cover with a light dusting of a substance“dust the bread with flour”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with dust?17
three syllables
Dust in a sentence
- For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.fekundulo
- Hail all faithful souls, whose bodies here and everywhere do rest in the dust.al_ex_an_der
- A galaxy contains not only stars, but clouds of gas and dust.Hybrid
- A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases.ajdavidl
- He spent the afternoon high, watching dust float through shafts of light.Eccles17
- He couldn't see, because dust flew into his eyes.ariarin
- But you neither clean, nor dust, nor run the dishwasher.Nylez
- On the dictionaries there's nothing but dust, at least on mine.unknown
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of dust
as a noun
- plural
- dusts
as a verb
- past tense
- dusted
- present participle
- dusting
- third-person singular
- dusts
- past participle
- dusted