- dust - fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust"
--1 is a kind of particulate, particulate matter
--1 has particulars: chalk dust; fallout, radioactive dustDerived form: verb dust1 - debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
--2 is a kind of rubbish, trash, scrap
--2 has particulars: slackDerived form: verb dust2 - dust - free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
--3 is a kind of material, stuff
--3 has particulars: interplanetary dustDerived forms: verb dust4, verb dust3
- dust - remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"
--1 is one way to clean, make clean
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun dust1, noun duster3
Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s
- dust - 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"
--2 is one way to smear, blur, smudge, smutch
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun dust2
They dust sugar over the cake
- dust - cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread with flour"
--3 is one way to cover
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun dust3
They dust the cake with sugar
- scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse - distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
--4 is one way to discharge
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun dust3
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP