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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Dust
     Storms of sand and dust sometimes overtake Eastern travellers.
     They are very dreadful, many perishing under them. Jehovah
     threatens to bring on the land of Israel, as a punishment for
     forsaking him, a rain of "powder and dust" (Deut. 28:24).
     
       To cast dust on the head was a sign of mourning (Josh. 7:6);
     and to sit in dust, of extreme affliction (Isa. 47:1). "Dust" is
     used to denote the grave (Job 7:21). "To shake off the dust from
     one's feet" against another is to renounce all future
     intercourse with him (Matt. 10:14; Acts 13:51). To "lick the
     dust" is a sign of abject submission (Ps. 72:9); and to throw
     dust at one is a sign of abhorrence (2 Sam. 16:13; comp. Acts
     22:23).

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Dust \Dust\ (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal
     dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist,
     dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill
     dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]71.]
     1. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so
        comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind;
        that which is crumbled to minute portions; fine powder;
        as, clouds of dust; bone dust.
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              Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
                                                    --Gen. iii.
                                                    19.
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              Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust.
                                                    --Byron.
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     2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] ``To
        touch a dust of England's ground.'' --Shak.
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     3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
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              For now shall sleep in the dust.      --Job vii. 21.
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     4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of
        the human body.
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              And you may carve a shrine about my dust.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     5. Figuratively, a worthless thing.
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              And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. --Shak.
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     6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition.
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              [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. --1 Sam.
                                                    ii. 8.
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     7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash.
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     Down with the dust, deposit the cash; pay down the money.
        [Slang] ``My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your
        hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the
        days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and
        glad he escaped so, returned to Reading.'' --Fuller.
  
     Dust+brand+(Bot.),+a+fungous+plant+({Ustilago+Carbo" rel="nofollow">Dust brand (Bot.), a fungous plant ({Ustilago Carbo); --
        called also smut.
  
     Gold dust, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in
        placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred
        by weight.
  
     In dust and ashes. See under Ashes.
  
     To bite the dust. See under Bite, v. t.
  
     To raise dust, or
  
     To kick up dust, to make a commotion. [Colloq.]
  
     To throw dust in one's eyes, to mislead; to deceive.
        [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Dust \Dust\ (d[u^]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dusted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Dusting.]
     1. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust
        from; as, to dust a table or a floor.
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     2. To sprinkle with dust.
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     3. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. --Sprat.
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     To dyst one's jacket, to give one a flogging. [Slang.]
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dust \Dust\, n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD.
     doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a
     blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh.
     akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. ?.]
     1. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so
        comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind;
        that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder;
        as, clouds of dust; bone dust.
  
              Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
                                                    --Gen. iii.
                                                    19.
  
              Stop! -- for thy tread is on an empire's dust.
                                                    --Byron.
  
     2. A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] ``To
        touch a dust of England's ground.'' --Shak.
  
     3. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
  
              For now shall sleep in the dust.      --Job vii. 21.
  
     4. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of
        the human body.
  
              And you may carve a shrine about my dust.
                                                    --Tennyson.
  
     5. Figuratively, a worthless thing.
  
              And by the merit of vile gold, dross, dust. --Shak.
  
     6. Figuratively, a low or mean condition.
  
              [God] raiseth up the poor out of the dust. --1 Sam.
                                                    ii. 8.
  
     7. Gold dust; hence: (Slang) Coined money; cash.
  
     Down with the dust, deposit the cash; pay down the money.
        [Slang] ``My lord, quoth the king, presently deposit your
        hundred pounds in gold, or else no going hence all the
        days of your life. . . . The Abbot down with his dust, and
        glad he escaped so, returned to Reading.'' --Fuller.
  
     Dust+brand+(Bot.),+a+fungous+plant+({Ustilago+Carbo" rel="nofollow">Dust brand (Bot.), a fungous plant ({Ustilago Carbo); --
        called also smut.
  
     Gold dust, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in
        placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred
        by weight.
  
     In dust and ashes. See under Ashes.
  
     To bite the dust. See under Bite, v. t.
  
     To
  
     raise, or kick up, dust, to make a commotion. [Colloq.]
  
     To throw dust in one's eyes, to mislead; to deceive.
        [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Dust \Dust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dusted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Dusting.]
     1. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust
        from; as, to dust a table or a floor.
  
     2. To sprinkle with dust.
  
     3. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate. --Sprat.
  
     To dyst one's jacket, to give one a flogging. [Slang.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  dust
       n 1: fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can
            be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered
            with dust"
       2: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken
          up [syn: debris, junk, rubble, detritus]
       3: free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers
          say that the empty space between planets actually contains
          measurable amounts of dust"
       v 1: remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"
       2: 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"
       3: cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread
          with flour"
       4: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the
          wagon" [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dust
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 ξεσκονίζω
     2 καλύπτω κάτι με λεπτόκοκκη ουσία ή υγρό
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 ξεσκονίζω
     2 καλύπτω κάτι με λεπτόκοκκη ουσία ή υγρό

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dust
     Icelandic n.
     (l en dust)
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en dust), powder
     2 dirt, grit
     3 (lb enm figurative) iota, modicum
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (lb nb pejorative) dork, moron, fool
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     #English (fine, dry particles)
     Old English n.
     #English; powder; mill dust
     Scottish Gaelic n.
     #English
     Zazaki n.
     1 side; one half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.)
  of something or someone.
     2 to level

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Dust
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  dust
     n.
     1 Fine particles
     2 # (lb en uncountable) fine, dry particles of matter found in the
  air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil
  lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
     3 # (lb en astronomy uncountable) submicron particles in outer space,
  largely silicate and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to
  extinction at visible wavelengths.
     4 # (lb en obsolete) A single particle of earth or other material.
     5 (lb en countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To remove dust from.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
     3 (lb en intransitive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry,
  dusty earth.
     4 (lb en transitive) To spray or cover something with fine powder or
  liquid.
     5 (lb en chiefly US slang) To leave; to rush off.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Dust
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  dust
     Icelandic n.
     (l en dust)
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en dust), powder
     2 dirt, grit
     3 (lb enm figurative) iota, modicum
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (lb nb pejorative) dork, moron, fool
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     #English (fine, dry particles)
     Old English n.
     #English; powder; mill dust
     Scottish Gaelic n.
     #English

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Dust
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  dust
     Icelandic n.
     (l en dust)
     Middle English n.
     1 (l en dust), powder
     2 dirt, grit
     3 (lb enm figurative) iota, modicum
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (lb nb pejorative) dork, moron, fool
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     #English (fine, dry particles)
     Old English n.
     #English; powder; mill dust
     Scottish Gaelic n.
     #English

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Dust
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dust
     Englanti n.
     tomu, pöly
     Englanti vb.
     pyyhkiä pölyt, tomuttaa, pölyttää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dust
     Engelska n.
     damm, små torra partiklar
     Isländska n.
     damm, små torra partiklar

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  dust
     n.
     1 (tagg: text=i medeltiden) strid mellan två riddare till häst
     2 (tagg: text=allmännare) sammandrabbning, sammanstötning

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  dust /dˈʌst/
  afstof

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Dust /dˈʌst/
  الغبار

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  dust //dʌst// 
  прах
  fine, dry particles

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  dust //dʌst// 
  1. бърша прах 2.
  (intransitive) to clean by removing dust
   3.
  (transitive) to remove dust from
  2. поръсвам
  to spray something with fine powder or liquid