dust

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

dusts

1.
Fine particles.
2.
(countable)The act of cleaning by dusting.
3.
(countable)The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
4.
(countable, poetic, uncountable)Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
5.
(countable, uncountable)The earth as the resting place of the dead.
6.
(countable, uncountable)The earthly remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
7.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
8.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) Something worthless.
9.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) A low or mean condition.
10.
(British, colloquial, countable, uncountable)Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
11.
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
12.
(countable)A cloud of dust.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

dusts

V_ing/Gerund

dusting

V_ed/pp

dusted

1.
(transitive)To remove dust from.
The cleaning lady needs a stool to dust the cupboard.
2.
(intransitive)To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
Dusting always makes me cough.
3.
(archaic, transitive)To make dusty, to soil with dust.
4.
(intransitive, reflexive)(intransitive or reflexive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
5.
(transitive)To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
The mother dusted her baby’s bum with talcum powder.
6.
(transitive)To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
7.
(US, intransitive, slang)(intransitive, chiefly US slang) To leave quickly; to rush off.
8.
(obsolete, transitive)To drink up quickly; to toss off.
9.
(obsolete, transitive)To reduce to a fine powder; to pulverize, to levigate.
10.
(colloquial, dialectal, transitive)(transitive, now colloquial or dialectal) To strike, beat, thrash.
11.
(US, slang, transitive)(transitive, chiefly US slang) To defeat badly, to thrash.
12.
(US, slang, transitive)(transitive, chiefly US slang) To kill.

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ine-pro From Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst, from the fusion of Proto-Germanic *dustą (dust) and *dunstą (mist, dust, evaporation), both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (to smoke, raise dust).