Dictionary Entry
dust
dust is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 18 senses
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
A single particle of earth or other matter.
- 3noun
The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
- 4noun
The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
- 5noun
Figuratively, a worthless thing.
- 6noun
Figuratively, a low or mean condition.
- 7noun
Gold dust
- 8noun
Coined money; cash.
- 9transitive verb
To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.
- 10transitive verb
To sprinkle with dust.
- 11transitive verb
To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.
- 12noun
fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
"the furniture was covered with dust"
- 13noun
free microscopic particles of solid material
"astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
- 14noun
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
- 15verb
remove the dust from
"dust the cabinets"
- 16verb
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"
- 17verb
distribute loosely
"He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
- 18verb
cover with a light dusting of a substance
"dust the bread with flour"
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