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dust



I - noun
1. fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air (Freq. 38)
- the furniture was covered with dust
Derivationally related forms:
dusty
Hypernyms:
particulate, particulate matter
Hyponyms:
chalk dust, fallout, radioactive dust
2. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up (Freq. 15)
Syn:
debris, junk, rubble, detritus
Derivationally related forms:
junk (for: junk)
Hypernyms:
rubbish, trash, scrap
Hyponyms:
slack
3. free microscopic particles of solid material
- astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust
Hypernyms:
material, stuff
Hyponyms:
interplanetary dust

II - verb
1. remove the dust from (Freq. 3)
- dust the cabinets
Derivationally related forms:
duster
Hypernyms:
clean, make clean
Entailment:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s
2. rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape (Freq. 1)
- The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image
Hypernyms:
smear, blur, smudge, smutch
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They dust sugar over the cake
3. cover with a light dusting of a substance
- dust the bread with flour
Hypernyms:
cover
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They dust the cake with sugar
4. distribute loosely
- He scattered gun powder under the wagon
Syn:
scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse
Derivationally related forms:
dispersive (for: disperse), sprinkling (for: sprinkle), scatter (for: scatter)
Hypernyms:
discharge
Hyponyms:
spray, spatter, splatter, plash, splash,
splosh, swash, sprinkle, bespangle, aerosolize, aerosolise
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP

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