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dust
Found in thesaurus: particulate, particulate matter, rubbish, scrap, trash, stuff, material, clean, make clean, smudge, blur, smear, smutch, cover, discharge
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dust
v.
remove dirt; sprinkle, scatter
n.
dirt, soil; corpse, dead body; riot, panic
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Dust
Dust consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil, dust lifted by weather (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.
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dust
Noun
1. fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust"
(hypernym) particulate, particulate matter
(hyponym) chalk dust
2. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
(synonym) debris, junk, rubble, detritus
(hypernym) rubbish, trash, scrap
(hyponym) slack
3. free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
(hypernym) material, stuff
(hyponym) interplanetary dust
(derivation) scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse
Verb
1. remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"
(hypernym) clean, make clean
(entail) remove, take, take away, withdraw
2. 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"
(hypernym) smear, blur, smudge, smutch
(derivation) debris, junk, rubble, detritus
3. cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread with flour"
(hypernym) cover
4. distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
(synonym) scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse
(hypernym) discharge
(hyponym) spray
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düsen
v.
dash, move with sudden speed, jet
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dust
v.
utřít prach; oprášit
n.
prach
