dusts: meaning and definitions
EnglishType a word
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 dry soil or other particulate matter. Used of a bird.