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dust

Definitions


[dʌst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth or waste matter lying on the ground or on surfaces or carried in the air
(e.g: the car sent up clouds of dust)

- an act of dusting
(e.g: a quick dust, to get rid of the cobwebs)


Phrases:
- be done and dusted
- dust and ashes
- eat someone's dust
- gather dust
- kick up dust
- leave someone or something in the dust
- not see someone for dust
- the dust settles

Origin:
Old English dūst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duist ‘chaff’


[dʌst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- remove the dust or dirt from the surface of (something) by wiping or brushing it
(e.g: I broke the vase I had been dusting)

- cover lightly with a powdered substance
(e.g: roll out on a surface dusted with icing sugar)

- beat up or kill someone
(e.g: the officers dusted him up a little bit)


Phrases:
- be done and dusted
- dust and ashes
- eat someone's dust
- gather dust
- kick up dust
- leave someone or something in the dust
- not see someone for dust
- the dust settles

Origin:
Old English dūst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch duist ‘chaff’




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