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nounthe remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
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verbdistribute looselytype of:
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"dust the bread with flour"verbcover with a light dusting of a substancetype of:
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"the furniture was covered with dust"nounfine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the airtype of:
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"astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"nounfree microscopic particles of solid material
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"dust the cabinets"verbremove the dust fromtype of:
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"The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"verbrub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
Synonyms & Similar Words
stuff clean cover trash material rubbish junk spray dot discharge dusty slack scrap splash debris rubble blur scatter smear disperse smudge sprinkle fallout spatter splatter duster plash splosh detritus swash particulate aerosolize bespangle aerosolise particulate matter radioactive dust chalk dust interplanetary dust make clean smutch