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Etymology
Old English dūst

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-dust.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
dust (uncountable)

1. fine, dry particles of matter
2. Completely decomposed human remains

#* 1768, w:Thomas Gray|Thomas Gray, s:Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard|Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,
#*: Can storied urn or animated bust / Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? / Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, / Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death?

Homophones
dost

Translations
trans-top|fine, dry particles
Albanian: pluhur m
Catalan: pols f
Croatian: prah m
Czech: prach m
Dutch: stof n
Finnish: pöly, tomu
French: poussière f
German: Staub m
Greek: �κ�νι^{(:el:�κ�νι|el)} (skoni) f
Hindi: ध�ल (dhūl)
Hungarian: por
Indonesian: debu, duli
Italian: polvere f
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Korean: 먼� (meonji)
Manx: joan
Marathi: ध�ळ (dhūll)
Mongolian: �оо� (toos)
Norwegian: støv
Polish: kurz m, py� m
Portuguese: pó m, poeira f
Rohingya: dúl
Romanian: praf f and m
Russian: п�л� f
Slovene: prah m
Spanish: polvo m
Swedish: damm n
Tagalog: alikabok
Telugu: ద�మ�మ�, ధ�ళి
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Chinese: � (huī), �� (chén t�)
ttbc|Ido: polvo
ttbc|Manx: joan#Manx|joan

Related terms
top3
angel dust
bite the dust
dust ball
dustbin, dust bin
dust devil
dustbowl, dust bowl
dust bunny
mid3
dust filter
dustman
dustpan
duststorm
dust trap
dust-up
mid3
dusty
fairy dust
goofer dust
pixie dust
smart dust, smartdust
stardust

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive to remove dust from

#: The cleaning lady needs a stool to dust the cupboard.

1. intransitive to remove dust; to clean by removing dust

#: Dusting always makes me cough.

1. intransitive Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth
2. transitive to spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid

#: The mother dusted her baby's bum with talcum powder.

Translations
trans-top|(intransitive) to clean by removing dust
Dutch: afstoffen
Finnish: pyyhkiä pöly|pölyt, pölyttää
German: entstauben
trans-mid
Greek: ξε�κονίζ� ^{(:el:ξε�κονίζ�|el)}
Italian: spolverare
Spanish: desempolvar
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trans-top|(transitive) to remove dust from
Dutch: afstoffen
Finnish: tomuttaa, pölyttää
German: entstauben
trans-mid
Italian: spolverare
Spanish: desempolvar
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trans-top|of a bird, to cover itself in sand
German: ein Sandbad nehmen, sandbaden
trans-mid
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trans-top|to spray something with fine powder or liquid
Finnish: pölyttää
German: pudern, bestauben
trans-mid
Russian: оп�л���
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Related terms
duster

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Contranyms

Norwegian

Noun
no-noun-m1

1. dork, moron, tool

Old English

Noun
dūst n

1. dust

Category:Old English nouns

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