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| NOUN | 1 | dust | Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air |
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| 2 | dust, debris, junk, rubble, detritus | The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up | |
| 3 | dust | Free microscopic particles of solid material | |
| VERB | 1 | dust | Remove the dust from |
| 2 | dust | Rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape | |
| 3 | dust | Cover with a light dusting of a substance | |
| 4 | dust, scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse | Distribute loosely |
| Sounds | dah'st |
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| Rhymes | abolitionist, accompanist, activist, and 198 more rhymes in ahst at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air. |
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| Examples | "the furniture was covered with dust" |
| Narrower | chalk dust; fallout, radioactive dust |
| Broader | particulate, particulate matter |
| Verbs | dust |
| Meaning | The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. |
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| Synonyms | debris, junk, rubble, detritus |
| Narrower | slack |
| Broader | rubbish, trash, scrap |
| Verbs | dust |
| Meaning | Free microscopic particles of solid material. |
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| Examples | "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust" |
| Narrower | interplanetary dust |
| Broader | material, stuff |
| Verbs | dust; dust |
| Meaning | Remove the dust from. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "dust the cabinets" |
| Entails | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
| Broader | clean, make clean |
| Nouns | duster; dust |
| 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 |
| Examples | "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image" |
| Broader | smear, blur, smudge, smutch |
| Nouns | dust |
| Meaning | Cover with a light dusting of a substance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Model | They dust the cake with sugar |
| Examples | "dust the bread with flour" |
| Broader | cover |
| Nouns | dust |
| Meaning | Distribute loosely. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Synonyms | scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse |
| Narrower | spray; spray; spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash; sprinkle, splash, splosh; bespangle; aerosolize, aerosolise |
| Broader | discharge |
| Nouns | dust |