dust: meaning and definitions

Fine, dry particles of matter.

A cloud of fine, dry particles.

Particles of matter regarded as the result of disintegration: fabric that had fallen to dust over the centuries.

Earth, especially when regarded as the substance of the grave: "ashes to ashes, dust to dust” ( Book of Common Prayer).

The surface of the ground.

A debased or despised condition.

Something of no worth.

Chiefly British Rubbish readied for disposal.

Confusion; agitation; commotion: won't go back in until the dust settles.

To remove dust from by wiping, brushing, or beating: dust the furniture.

To sprinkle with a powdery substance: dusted the cookies with sugar; dust crops with fertilizer.

To apply or strew in fine particles: dusted talcum powder on my feet.

Baseball To deliver a pitch so close to (the batter) as to make the batter back away.

To clean by removing dust.

To cover itself with such particulate matter. Used of a bird.

dust off To restore to use: dusted off last year's winter coat.

in the dust Far behind, as in a race or competition: a marketing strategy that left our competitors in the dust.

make the dust fly To go about a task with great energy and speed.