Dictionary entry details
• DUST (noun)
Meaning:
Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Context example:
the furniture was covered with dust
Hypernyms ("dust" is a kind 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))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dust"):
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)
Meaning:
The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
debris; detritus; junk; rubble; dust
Hypernyms ("dust" is a kind of...):
rubbish; scrap; trash (worthless material that is to be disposed of)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dust"):
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)
Meaning:
Free microscopic particles of solid material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Context example:
astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust
Hypernyms ("dust" is a kind of...):
material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dust"):
interplanetary dust (microscopic particles in the interplanetary medium)
• DUST (verb)
Meaning:
Remove the dust from
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
dust the cabinets
Hypernyms (to "dust" is one way to...):
clean; make clean (make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from)
"Dust" entails doing...:
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image
Hypernyms (to "dust" is one way to...):
blur; smear; smudge; smutch (make a smudge on; soil by smudging)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They dust sugar over the cake
Meaning:
Cover with a light dusting of a substance
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
dust the bread with flour
Hypernyms (to "dust" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They dust the cake with sugar
Meaning:
Distribute loosely
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
disperse; sprinkle; dot; scatter; dust
Context example:
He scattered gun powder under the wagon
Hypernyms (to "dust" is one way to...):
discharge (pour forth or release)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dust"):
bespangle (dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects)
splash; splosh; sprinkle (cause (a liquid) to spatter about, especially with force)
plash; spatter; splash; splatter; splosh; swash (dash a liquid upon or against)
spray (be discharged in sprays of liquid)
spray (scatter in a mass or jet of droplets)
aerosolise; aerosolize (disperse as an aerosol)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
