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   dust

   /dʌst/

   noun

   • 1. fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth or waste matter lying on the ground or on surfaces or carried in the air: "the car sent up clouds of dust" Similar fine powderfine particlesdirtgrimefilthsmutsoot
   • ▪ any material in the form of tiny particles: "coal dust"
   • ▪ a fine powder: "he ground it into a fine dust"
   • ▪ a cloud of dust.
   • ▪ a dead person's remains: literary "scatter my dust and ashes"
   • ▪ the mortal human body: literary "the soul, that dwells within your dust"
   • 2. an act of dusting: "a quick dust, to get rid of the cobwebs"

   verb

   • 1. remove the dust or dirt from the surface of (something) by wiping or brushing it: "I broke the vase I had been dusting" Similar wipecleanbuffbrushsweepmop
   • ▪ bring something out for use again after a long period of neglect: "a number of aircraft will be dusted off and returned to flight"
   • 2. cover lightly with a powdered substance: "roll out on a surface dusted with icing sugar" Similar sprinklescatterpowderdredgesiftspraycoverspreadstrewdotfleckfreckledabliterary:befleckbestrewbesprinkle
   • ▪ sprinkle (a powdered substance) on to something: "orange powder was dusted over the upper body"
   • 3. beat up or kill someone: informal US "the officers dusted him up a little bit"

   Word Origin Old Englishdūst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duist ‘chaff’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dustless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

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     2

   • U

     1

   • S

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   • T

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