dust

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. [[fine|Fine]] [[particle]]s.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} The act of [[clean]]ing by dusting.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} The act of [[sprinkle|sprinkling]] dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
4. {{lb|en|poetic}} [[earth|Earth]], [[ground]], [[soil]], [[sediment]].
5. The earth as the [[resting place]] of the [[dead]].
6. The [[earthly]] [[remains]] of [[body|bodies]] once [[alive]]; the remains of the [[human]] [[body]].
7. {{lb|en|figurative}} The [[substance]] of the human body or [[mortal]] [[frame]].
8. {{lb|en|figurative}} Something [[worthless]].
9. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[low]] or [[mean]] [[condition]].
10. {{lb|en|Britain|colloquial}} [[rubbish|Rubbish]], [[garbage]], [[refuse]].
11. {{lb|en|slang|dated}} [[cash]]; [[money]] (in reference to [[gold dust]]).
12. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[cloud]] of dust.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[remove]] dust from.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To make [[dusty]], to [[soil]] with dust.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|or|reflexive}} Of a bird, to [[cover]] itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[spray]] or [[cover]] (something) with fine powder or liquid, to [[sprinkle]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
7. {{lb|en|intransitive|chiefly|US|_|slang}} To [[leave]] [[quickly]]; to [[rush]] off.
8. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[drink up]] [[quickly]]; to [[toss off]].
9. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To reduce to a fine powder; to [[pulverize]], to [[levigate]].
10. {{lb|en|transitive|now|colloquial|or|dialectal}} To [[strike]], [[beat]], [[thrash]].
11. {{lb|en|transitive|chiefly|US|_|slang}} To [[defeat]] [[badly]], to thrash.
12. {{lb|en|transitive|chiefly|US|_|slang}} To [[kill]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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