| 1. |
(verb) remove the dust from, as of furniture |
|
Related Words: clean, make clean |
|
| 2. |
(verb) rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape; "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image" |
|
Related Words: blur, smear, smudge, smutch |
|
| 3. |
(verb) cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread with flour" |
|
Related Words: cover |
|
| 4. |
(noun) fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust" |
|
Related Words: dirt, fallout, radioactive dust, soil |
|
| 5. |
(noun) free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust" |
|
Related Words: interplanetary dust, material, stuff |
|
| 6. |
(noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up |
|
Synonyms: debris, detritus, junk, rubble |
|
Related Words: rubbish, trash |
|
| 7. |
(verb) distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon." |
|
Synonyms: disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle |
|
Related Words: aerosolize, bespangle, discharge, plash, spatter, splash, splatter, splosh, spray, sprinkle, swash |
|