DUST as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
   Usage Example(s)
   • the furniture was covered with dust
   Hypernyms(s) dust is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • particulate (what does particulate mean?)
   • particulate matter (what does particulate matter mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • chalk dust (what does chalk dust mean?)
   • fallout (what does fallout mean?)
   • radioactive dust (what does radioactive dust mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dust (what does dust mean?)
2. Meaning
   • free microscopic particles of solid material
   Usage Example(s)
   • astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust
   Hypernyms(s) dust is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • material (what does material mean?)
   • stuff (what does stuff mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • interplanetary dust (what does interplanetary dust mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • scatter (what does scatter mean?)
   • sprinkle (what does sprinkle mean?)
   • dot (what does dot mean?)
   • dust (what does dust mean?)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • dust (what does dust mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
   Synonym(s)
   • debris (what does debris mean?)
   • detritus (what does detritus mean?)
   • junk (what does junk mean?)
   • rubble (what does rubble mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) dust is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rubbish (what does rubbish mean?)
   • trash (what does trash mean?)
   • scrap (what does scrap mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • slack (what does slack mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • trash (what does trash mean?)
   • junk (what does junk mean?)
   • scrap (what does scrap mean?)
   • dust (what does dust mean?)

DUST as VERB

1. Meaning
   • remove the dust from
   Usage Example(s)
   • dust the cabinets
   Hypernyms(s) dust is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • clean (what does clean mean?)
   • make clean (what does make clean mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dust (what does dust mean?)
   • dustcloth (what does dustcloth mean?)
   • dustrag (what does dustrag mean?)
   • duster (what does duster mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • remove (what does remove mean?)
   • take (what does take mean?)
   • take away (what does take away mean?)
   • withdraw (what does withdraw mean?)
2. Meaning
   • rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
   Usage Example(s)
   • The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image
   Hypernyms(s) dust is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   • blur (what does blur mean?)
   • smudge (what does smudge mean?)
   • smutch (what does smutch mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • debris (what does debris mean?)
   • dust (what does dust mean?)
   • junk (what does junk mean?)
   • rubble (what does rubble mean?)
   • detritus (what does detritus mean?)
3. Meaning
   • distribute loosely
   Synonym(s)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)
   • dot (what does dot mean?)
   • scatter (what does scatter mean?)
   • sprinkle (what does sprinkle mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • He scattered gun powder under the wagon
   Hypernyms(s) dust is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • discharge (what does discharge mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • spray (what does spray mean?)
   • spray (what does spray mean?)
   • spatter (what does spatter mean?)
   • splatter (what does splatter mean?)
   • plash (what does plash mean?)
   • splash (what does splash mean?)
   • splosh (what does splosh mean?)
   • swash (what does swash mean?)
   • sprinkle (what does sprinkle mean?)
   • splash (what does splash mean?)
   • splosh (what does splosh mean?)
   • bespangle (what does bespangle mean?)
   • aerosolize (what does aerosolize mean?)
   • aerosolise (what does aerosolise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dust (what does dust mean?)
   • scattering (what does scattering mean?)
   • sprinkling (what does sprinkling mean?)
   • scatter (what does scatter mean?)
   • scattering (what does scattering mean?)
   • strewing (what does strewing mean?)
   • scatter (what does scatter mean?)
   • spread (what does spread mean?)
4. Meaning
   • cover with a light dusting of a substance
   Usage Example(s)
   • dust the bread with flour
   Hypernyms(s) dust is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cover (what does cover mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dust (what does dust mean?)