Meaning of dust | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Fine particles.
   uncountable
2. 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.
   uncountable
3. A surname.
4. dust (fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects)
5. Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
   uncountable
6. To restore to use: dusted off last year's winter coat.
7. powder, dust (fine particles of a dry substance)
8. Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
   uncountable
9. Far behind, as in a race or competition: a marketing strategy that left our competitors in the dust.
10. fuck, screw (sexual intercourse)
11. Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
    uncountable
12. To go about a task with great energy and speed.
13. see polvos
14. Flour.
    Australia, dated, slang, uncountable
15. bite the dust, a. to die.
16. A single fine, dry particle of earth or other material; grain of dust.
    countable, obsolete
17. To sprinkle lightly with flour or sugar.
18. The act of cleaning by dusting.
    countable
19. To scatter or release in drops or small particles:besprinkle, powder, sprinkle.
20. The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
    countable
21. to free (furniture etc) from dust. She dusts (the house) once a week. afstof يُنَظِّف الغُبار избърсвам праха espanar utřít prach abstauben støve af ξεσκονίζωquitar el polvo tolmu pühkima گردگیری کردن pyyhkiä pölyt épousseter לְנָקוֹת מְאָבָק धूल झाड़ना, छिड़कना ukloniti prašinu leporol membersihkan debu þurrka af spolverare ほこりを払う 먼지를 털다 šluostyti dulkes slaucīt putekļus habuk stoffentørke støv odkurzać له ګرد او خاورى څخه پاكول espanar a şterge praful вытирать пыль utrieť prach obrisati pra...
    etc
22. Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
    countable, poetic, uncountable
23. a cloth for removing dust. stowwer مِنْفَضَة غُبار парцал espanador prachovka, hadr na prach das Staubtuch støveklud ξεσκονόπανοtrapo tolmulapp گردگیر pölyhuiska chiffonמטלית धूल साफ करने वाला, धूल झाड़ने वाला krpa za brisanje prašine portörlő kain lap afþurrkunarklútur straccio per la polvere ぞうきん 청소부, 먼지떨이 dulkių šluostas putekļu lupata penyapu debu stofdoekstøveklut ściereczka do kurzu ګرد نيونكى espanador câr­pă de praf пыльная тряпка handra na prach krpa za prah krpa za prašinu dammtrasa...
24. The earth as the resting place of the dead.
    countable, uncountable
25. a dusty floor. stowwerig مُغْبَر прашен empoeirado zaprášený staubig støvet σκονισμένοςpolvoriento tolmune غبار آلود pölyinen poussiéreux מְאוּבָק धूल वाला prašan poros berdebu rykugur impolverato ほこりっぽい 먼지투성이의 dulkėtas putekļains berhabuk stoffigstøvetzakurzony له ګرد څخه ډك poeirento plin de praf пыльный zaprášený prašen prašnjav dammig เป็นฝุ่น tozlu, toz içinde, toz gibi 佈滿灰塵的 запорошений, запилений خاک آلودہ đầy bụi 满是灰尘的
26. The earthly remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
    countable, uncountable
27. stowwerigheid إغبِرار напрашеност estado empoeirado prašnost die Staubigkeit støvethed παρουσία (άφθονης) σκόνης calidad de polvoriento tolmusus غبار آلودی pölyisyys état poussiéreux מאובקות, לכלוך ध्रूल भरा zaprašenost porlódás keadaan kotor e-ð rykugt l'essere polveroso/impolverato ほこりっぽさ 먼지투성이 dulkėtumas putekļainība keadaan berdebu stoffigheid støvet tilstand zakurzenie دوړي او خاوري estado poeirento praf, prăfuire запылённость prašnosť zaprašenost prašnjavost matthet ความเป็นฝุ่นละออง to...
28. The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
29. Something worthless.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
30. A low or mean condition.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
31. Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
    British, colloquial, countable, uncountable
32. cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
    countable, dated, slang, uncountable
33. A cloud of dust.
    countable
34. A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
    countable, figuratively
35. A fight or row.
    colloquial, countable
36. A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
    countable
37. Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“There is so much dust released during the process of laying ballast that the trackside operator wears a full face mask with respirator.”

“Astronomers have previously considered that dust produced by the star was obscuring it, causing the steep decline in brightness.”

“to touch a dust of England’s ground”

“[…]once they start school, I mean you can do a room out one day, the next day it only needs a dust, doesn’t it?”

“But I should turn mine ears and hear The moanings of the homeless sea, ⁠The sound of streams that swift or slow ⁠Draw down Æonian hills, and sow The dust of continents to be; […]”

“For now shall I sleep in the dust.”

“For I will leave my relics in your land, / And you may carve a shrine about my dust, / And burn a fragrant lamp before my bones, / When I am gather’d to the glorious saints.”

“And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust.”

“[God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust.”

“‘And what do you ask for it?’ ‘Fifteen thousand dollars.’ ‘I’ll take it.’ ‘Then down with the dust.’”

“to raise, or kick up, a dust”

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