Definitions for dust
dʌstdust

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. dustnoun

   fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

   "the furniture was covered with dust"

2. debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritusnoun

   the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

3. dustverb

   free microscopic particles of solid material

   "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"

4. dustverb

   remove the dust from

   "dust the cabinets"

5. dustverb

   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"

6. dustverb

   cover with a light dusting of a substance

   "dust the bread with flour"

7. scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperseverb

   distribute loosely

   "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dustnoun

   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.

2. dustnoun

   The act of cleaning by dusting.

3. dustnoun

   A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.

4. dustverb

   to remove dust from

   The cleaning lady needs a stool to dust the cupboard.

5. dustverb

   to remove dust; to clean by removing dust

   Dusting always makes me cough.

6. dustverb

   Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth

7. dustverb

   to spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid

   The mother dusted her baby's bum with talcum powder.

8. Etymology: dust, from dust

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DUSTnoun

   Etymology: dust, Saxon; duúst, Erse.

   1. Earth or other matter reduced to small particles.

   The dust
   Should have ascended to the roof of heav’n,
   Rais’d by your populous troops. William Shakespeare, Anth. and Cleopat.

   Dust helpeth the fruitfulness of trees, insomuch as they cast dust upon them: that powdering, when a shower cometh, maketh a soiling to the tree, being earth and water finely laid on. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 666.

   2. The grave; the state of dissolution.

   The scepter, learning, physick must
   All follow this, and come to dust. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   Thou
   Out of the ground wast taken, know thy birth;
   For dust thou art, and shalt to dust return. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   3. A mean and dejected state.

   God raiseth up the poor out of the dust, to set them among princes. 1 Sam. ii. 8.

2. To Dustverb

   To free from dust; to sprinkle with dust.

   Etymology: from the noun.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dust

   Dust is made of fine particles of solid matter. On Earth, it generally consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil, dust lifted by wind (an aeolian process), volcanic eruptions, and pollution. Dust in homes, offices, and other human environments contains small amounts of plant pollen, human and animal hairs, textile fibers, paper fibers, minerals from outdoor soil, human skin cells, burnt meteorite particles, and many other materials which may be found in the local environment.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dust

   Dust is a collection of fine particles that come from various sources such as soil, pollens, human and animal hairs, textile fibers, paper fibers, and microscopic specks of dead skin shed from humans or animals. These particles are usually suspended in the atmosphere or settled on surfaces. Dust can sometimes cause various reactions such as allergies when inhaled or come in contact with the skin.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dustnoun

   fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust

2. Dustnoun

   a single particle of earth or other matter

3. Dustnoun

   the earth, as the resting place of the dead

4. Dustnoun

   the earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body

5. Dustnoun

   figuratively, a worthless thing

6. Dustnoun

   figuratively, a low or mean condition

7. Dustnoun

   gold dust

8. Dustnoun

   coined money; cash

9. Dustverb

   to free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor

10. Dustverb

    to sprinkle with dust

11. Dustverb

    to reduce to a fine powder; to levigate

12. Etymology: [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. 71.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dust

   Dust consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil dust lifted by weather, volcanic eruptions, and pollution. Dust in homes, offices, and other human environments contains small amounts of plant pollen, human and animal hairs, textile fibers, paper fibers, minerals from outdoor soil, human skin cells, burnt meteorite particles and many other materials which may be found in the local environment.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dust

   dust, n. fine particles of matter: a cloud of powdery matter present in the atmosphere: powder: earth: the grave, where the body becomes dust: a mean condition: gold-dust—hence money.—v.t. to free from dust: to sprinkle with dust.—ns. Dust′-ball, a disease of horses, in which grain-dust forms a ball in the intestine; Dust′-bin, a bucket, box, &c. for holding dust and rubbish; Dust′-brand, smut (q.v.); Dust′-brush, a light brush for removing dust from walls, &c.; Dust′-cart, a cart for conveying dust and rubbish from the streets; Dust′-contract′or, one who has made a contract to remove dust, &c., as from yards; Dust′er, one who dusts: a cloth or brush used for removing dust; Dust′-hole, a dust-bin; Dust′iness; Dust′man, a scavenger; Dust′-pan, a pan or shovel for removing dust swept from the floor.—adj. Dust′y, covered or sprinkled with dust: like dust.—ns. Dust′y-foot (see Pie-powder); Dust′y-mill′er, the auricula, from the white dust upon its leaves.—Dust a person's jacket, to give him a drubbing.—Bite the dust (see Bite); Down with the dust, pay down the money, originally with reference to gold-dust; Kick up a dust, to make a stir or uproar; Raise a dust, to create a disturbance; Throw dust in a person's eyes, to delude or deceive a person. [A.S. dúst; cf. Ger. dunst, vapour, Dut. duist, meal-dust.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dust

   Earth or other matter in fine, dry particles. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DUST

   Mud with the juice squeezed out.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dust

   The refuse of biscuit in the bread-room. Also used for money. This term probably got into use in India, where the boat hire on the Ganges was added to by the Ghât-Manjees, in the way of "Dustooree." Moreover, a tumult or uproar.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DUST

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dust is ranked #26143 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Dust surname appeared 936 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dust.
   
   88.3% or 827 total occurrences were White.
   6.5% or 61 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2.4% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.9% or 9 total occurrences were Black.
   0.8% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.8% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Clean
   • Particulate Matter
   • Smudge

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dust' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3784

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dust' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3163

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dust' in Nouns Frequency: #1516

Anagrams for dust »

1. stud

How to pronounce dust?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dust in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dust in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of dust in a Sentence

1. David Madden:

   Equity markets are moving higher as the dust settles from the political fallout between Russia and Turkey, traders are viewing no reaction from Russia as good news, but many dealers are still keeping an eye on the Kremlin.

2. Nic Loyd:

   That would have been powerful enough to lift a good-size dust plume.

3. Richard Teague:

   We do not really know the details of how we go from small grains of dust to massive gas giants, if we're able to catch them at their birth we can see where they form in the disk. This will allow us to better understand how many planets we would expect in a typical system. We can also examine what the chemical and molecular content of the gas is like around the protoplanet and build a picture of what atmospheres are like on very young planets. These results will provide essential evidence for theoreticians trying to fill in the gaps about how planets grow.

4. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:

   We won't be able to deal with this subject by always brushing the dust under the rug, at some point the dust gets thicker than the rug.

5. Ryan Zeigler:

   Understanding how volcanism works on other planets lets us understand how the whole solar system formed. So if we want to know how we went from a giant ball of dust to nine planets orbiting around the sun... this is how we're going to do it; studies like this, on rocks like this.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dust
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dust
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dust
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=dust
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dust
9. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=dust
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=dust
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html