| NOUN | substance | dust | fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air |
|---|---|---|---|
| substance | dust, debris, junk, rubble, detritus | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | |
| substance | dust | free microscopic particles of solid material | |
| VERB | contact | dust | remove the dust from |
| contact | dust | rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape | |
| contact | dust | cover with a light dusting of a substance | |
| contact | dust, scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse | distribute loosely |
| Sounds | dah'st | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst... | |
| Meaning | fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the furniture was covered with dust" | |
| Narrower | chalk dust | dust resulting from writing with a piece of chalk |
| fallout, radioactive dust | The radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion | |
| Broader | particulate, particulate matter | A small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant) |
| Spanish | polvo | |
| Catalan | pols | |
| Adjectives | dusty | covered with a layer of dust |
| Verbs | dust | remove the dust from |
| Meaning | The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. | |
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| Synonyms | debris, junk, rubble, detritus | |
| Narrower | slack | dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve |
| Broader | rubbish, trash, scrap | worthless material that is to be disposed of |
| Spanish | basura, cachureo, cascote, derribo, detrito, detritus, escombros, resto, restos, ruinas | |
| Catalan | desferra, detritus, enderroc, enderrocs, pols, runam, runa, terregall, terregam | |
| Verbs | dust | rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape |
| Meaning | Free microscopic particles of solid material. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust" | |
| Narrower | interplanetary dust | Microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium |
| Broader | material, stuff | The tangible / tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object |
| Spanish | polvo | |
| Verbs | dust | distribute loosely |
| dust | cover with a light dusting of a substance | |
| Meaning | Remove the dust from. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "dust the cabinets" | |
| Entails | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Broader | clean, make clean | make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from |
| Spanish | desempolvar | |
| Nouns | dust | fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air |
| duster | a piece of cloth used for dusting | |
| Meaning | rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They dust sugar over the cake | |
| Example | "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image" | |
| Broader | smear, blur, smudge, smutch | make a smudge on |
| Spanish | difuminar | |
| Catalan | difuminar | |
| Nouns | dust | the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up |
| Meaning | Cover with a light dusting of a substance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They dust the cake with sugar | |
| Example | "dust the bread with flour" | |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Nouns | dust | free microscopic particles of solid material |
| Meaning | Distribute loosely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse | |
| Narrower | aerosolize, aerosolise | disperse as an aerosol |
| bespangle | dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects | |
| spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash | dash a liquid / liquid upon or against | |
| spray | scatter in a mass or jet of droplets | |
| spray | Be discharged in sprays / sprays of liquid / liquid | |
| sprinkle, splash, splosh | Cause (a liquid / liquid) to spatter about, especially with force | |
| Broader | discharge | pour forth or release |
| Spanish | dispersar, esparcir, rociar, salpicar | |
| Catalan | dispersar, escampar, escatxicar, espargir, esquitxar, ruixar | |
| Nouns | dust | free microscopic particles of solid material |
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