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dʌstdust

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dust

    Body denotes the entire physical structure, considered as a whole, of man or animal; form looks upon it as a thing of shape and outline, perhaps of beauty; frame regards it as supported by its bony framework; system views it as an assemblage of many related and harmonious organs. Body, form, frame, and system may be either dead or living; clay and dust are sometimes so used in religious or poetic style, tho ordinarily these words are used only of the dead. Corpse and remains are used only of the dead. Corpse is the plain technical word for a dead body still retaining its unity; remains may be used after any lapse of time; the latter is also the more refined and less ghastly term; as, friends are invited to view the remains. Carcass applies only to the body of an animal, or of a human being regarded with contempt and loathing. Compare COMPANY.

    Synonyms:
    ashes, body, carcass, clay, corpse, form, frame, remains, system, trunk

    Antonyms:
    intellect, intelligence, mind, soul, spirit

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. dustnoun

    fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

    "the furniture was covered with dust"

    Synonyms:
    detritus, rubble, debris, junk

  2. debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritusnoun

    the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

    Synonyms:
    detritus, rubble, debris, junk

  3. dustverb

    free microscopic particles of solid material

    "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"

    Synonyms:
    detritus, rubble, debris, junk

  4. dustverb

    remove the dust from

    "dust the cabinets"

    Synonyms:
    scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse

  5. dustverb

    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"

    Synonyms:
    scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse

  6. dustverb

    cover with a light dusting of a substance

    "dust the bread with flour"

    Synonyms:
    scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse

  7. scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperseverb

    distribute loosely

    "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

    Synonyms:
    circularise, dissipate, spit, pass around, sprinkle, spread, dot, spread out, diffuse, broadcast, disseminate, constellate, sparge, propagate, scatter, pitter-patter, splosh, circularize, break up, patter, spatter, dispel, circulate, disperse, stud, splash, distribute, besprinkle

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. dustnoun

    Synonyms:
    powder, detritus, stive (in flour mills)

    Associated words:
    pulverizable, pulverable, pulverulence, pulverize, pulverization

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "dust":

    powder, dirt, dusty, speck, mah, ash, stardust, sandstorm, boot, smudge

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  1. List of known nicknames for "DUST":

    DJ Dust

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#21160scatter
#21259sprinkle
#22017stardust
#26691circulate
#28071propagate
#28100rubble
#29704carcass
#30914speck
#36077disperse
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#49275dissipate
#49676smudge
#50617sandstorm
#54111detritus
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#102863spatter
#219972sparge

How to use dust in a sentence?

  1. Jim Price:

    Allowing the dust to settle -- maybe a couple to six months -- makes sense.

  2. Alice Gorman:

    All we need is a rocket to land nearby and blow dust all over of them. Or lunar vehicle to drive too close to that site and kicks all the dust up and that's it, they're gone.

  3. Professor Lattanzio:

    The modern version of panspermia got a major boost when Australian astronomers Dayal Wickramasinghe and David Allen measured the way light was absorbed by interstellar dust, hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe (Dayal’s brother) showed that this was matched almost perfectly by desiccated E. coli bacteria. This was unexpected, of course.

  4. Mauricio Canedo:

    The expertise that these groups accumulated for years is their only way to rebuild their reputation once the dust settles.

  5. Paige Nichols:

    If you want to keep it minimal, you’ve got to reduce the chaos inside your bag, there are tons of packing cubes on the market, but [some] have nifty hooks that let you hang them up directly, saving time and keeping you extra-organized. I’ve been known to use spare dust bags to achieve a similar effect in a pinch, but once you get the real deal, there’s no going back.


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