dust

Noun
  1. Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air (synset 114864016)
    "the furniture was covered with dust"
    is a type of: particulate, particulate matter - a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
    subtypes:
    • chalk dust - dust resulting from writing with a piece of chalk
    • fallout, radioactive dust - the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
  2. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up (synset 114882048)
    is a type of: rubbish, scrap, trash - worthless material that is to be disposed of
    subtypes: slack - dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
    same as: debris, detritus, junk, rubble
  3. Free microscopic particles of solid material (synset 114864262)
    "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
    is a type of: material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
    subtypes: interplanetary dust - microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium
Verb
  1. Remove the dust from (synset 201246915)
    "dust the cabinets"
    entail: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
    is a type of: clean, make clean - make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
  2. Rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape (synset 201254780)
    "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"
    is a type of: blur, smear, smudge, smutch - make a smudge on; soil by smudging
  3. Cover with a light dusting of a substance (synset 201615564)
    "dust the bread with flour"
    is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
  4. Distribute loosely (synset 201378910)
    "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
    is a type of: discharge - pour forth or release
    subtypes:
    same as: disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle

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