dust: význam a definice
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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.
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.