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UK
/dˈʌst/
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[ US /ˈdəst/ ]
[ US /ˈdəst/ ]
NOUN
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free microscopic particles of solid material
astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust -
fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
the furniture was covered with dust - the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
VERB
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remove the dust from
dust the cabinets -
distribute loosely
He scattered gun powder under the wagon -
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 -
cover with a light dusting of a substance
dust the bread with flour
How To Use dust In A Sentence
- ‘In the absence of those assurances, we will have no choice but to ballot for industrial action,’ he said.
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- A damning indictment for a Paul Bartel film, Lust in the Dust is found guilty of being bland and lame.
- Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and down of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.
- My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
- A lot of younger people sat in the aisle amid the fag ends, gum and dust.
- We're going to work freehand as well as with a few stencils - we might try the idea in the book of using chalk dust, or we may just use the chalks as-is.
- The one who liked the girls a bit too much. peteyboosh I agree with Pat: composting (Ray should not compost old cheese and tortillas), social cropdusting requires attention at Ediible Geography. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
- I'll get all the engine cowls off, get all the dust out of it, and a lot of areas have to be repolished.
- There is a lot of manufacturing industry in the Midlands.