dust
Fine particlesFine particles.: Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, fiber debris, dead skin cells, etc.
» The desk was covered with dust.
Стол был покрыт пылью. — Selena777
Стол был пыльный. — marafon
Стіл був покритий пилюкою. — oromashka
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21 sensesFine particles.
(uncountable)Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, fiber debris, dead skin cells, etc.
(uncountable)Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
(uncountable)Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
(uncountable)Disintegration of a solid, like silica.
(Australia, dated, slang, uncountable)Flour.
(countable)The act of cleaning by dusting.
(countable)The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
(countable, poetic, uncountable)Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
(countable, uncountable)The earth as the resting place of the dead.
(countable, uncountable)The earthly remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Something worthless.
Examples
372 sentencesThe desk was covered with dust.
Стіл був покритий пилюкою. — oromashka
ruСтол был покрыт пылью. — Selena777
Tom helped Mary dust the furniture.
Том допоміг Мері протерти пилюку з меблів. — zeusfsx
deTom half Maria, den Staub von den Möbeln zu wischen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There's dust on the table.
На столі лежить пил. — Balamax
ruНа столе пыль. — andy
deDa ist Staub auf dem Tisch. — Esperantostern
It was all covered with dust.
ruОн весь был покрыт пылью. — marafon
deEs war alles mit Staub überzogen. — Tamy
The floor was covered with dust.
ruПол был покрыт пылью. — marafon
deDer Boden war mit Staub bedeckt. — xtofu80
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust, dried earth reduced to powdFrom Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust, dried earth reduced to powder; other dry material reduced to powder”), from the fusion of Proto-Germanic *dustą (“dust”) and *dunstą (“mist, dust, evaporation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”).
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Forms
plural: dustsSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
118 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- covered with dust
- dust off the
- the dust off
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.