Meaning of "dust" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DUST

Old English dūst; related to Danish dyst flour dust, Middle Dutch dūst dust, meal dust, Old High German tunst storm.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DUST

dust  [dʌst]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUST

Dust is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dust in English.

WHAT DOES DUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dust

Dust consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil, dust lifted by weather, volcanic eruptions, and pollution. Dust in homes, offices, and other human environments contains small amounts of plant pollen, human and animal hairs, textile fibers, paper fibers, minerals from outdoor soil, human skin cells, burnt meteorite particles, and many other materials which may be found in the local environment.

Definition of dust in the English dictionary

The first definition of dust in the dictionary is dry fine powdery material, such as particles of dirt, earth or pollen. Other definition of dust is a cloud of such fine particles. Dust is also the powdery particles to which something is thought to be reduced by death, decay, or disintegration.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DUST

PRESENT

Present

I dust

you dust

he/she/it dusts

we dust

you dust

they dust

Present continuous

I am dusting

you are dusting

he/she/it is dusting

we are dusting

you are dusting

they are dusting

Present perfect

I have dusted

you have dusted

he/she/it has dusted

we have dusted

you have dusted

they have dusted

Present perfect continuous

I have been dusting

you have been dusting

he/she/it has been dusting

we have been dusting

you have been dusting

they have been dusting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I dusted

you dusted

he/she/it dusted

we dusted

you dusted

they dusted

Past continuous

I was dusting

you were dusting

he/she/it was dusting

we were dusting

you were dusting

they were dusting

Past perfect

I had dusted

you had dusted

he/she/it had dusted

we had dusted

you had dusted

they had dusted

Past perfect continuous

I had been dusting

you had been dusting

he/she/it had been dusting

we had been dusting

you had been dusting

they had been dusting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will dust

you will dust

he/she/it will dust

we will dust

you will dust

they will dust

Future continuous

I will be dusting

you will be dusting

he/she/it will be dusting

we will be dusting

you will be dusting

they will be dusting

Future perfect

I will have dusted

you will have dusted

he/she/it will have dusted

we will have dusted

you will have dusted

they will have dusted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been dusting

you will have been dusting

he/she/it will have been dusting

we will have been dusting

you will have been dusting

they will have been dusting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would dust

you would dust

he/she/it would dust

we would dust

you would dust

they would dust

Conditional continuous

I would be dusting

you would be dusting

he/she/it would be dusting

we would be dusting

you would be dusting

they would be dusting

Conditional perfect

I would have dust

you would have dust

he/she/it would have dust

we would have dust

you would have dust

they would have dust

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been dusting

you would have been dusting

he/she/it would have been dusting

we would have been dusting

you would have been dusting

they would have been dusting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you dust
we let´s dust
you dust

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to dust

Past participle

dusted

Present Participle

dusting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DUST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dust» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of dust

brush · clay · clean · cover · dirt · dredge · earth · grime · grit · ground · mop · powder · scatter · sift · smut · soil · soot · spray · spread · sprinkle · sweep · wipe

TRANSLATION OF DUST

Find out the translation of dust to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dust from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dust» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 灰尘
• Translator English - Spanish: polvo
• English: dust
• Translator English - Hindi: धूल
• Translator English - Arabic: غُبَار
• Translator English - Russian: пыль
• Translator English - Portuguese: poeira
• Translator English - Bengali: ধূলিকণা
• Translator English - French: poussière
• Translator English - Malay: Debu
• Translator English - German: Staub
• Translator English - Japanese: ほこり
• Translator English - Korean: 먼지
• Translator English - Javanese: Bledug
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bụi
• Translator English - Tamil: தூசி
• Translator English - Marathi: धूळ
• Translator English - Turkish: toz
• Translator English - Italian: polvere
• Translator English - Polish: kurz
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пил
• Translator English - Romanian: praf
• Translator English - Greek: σκόνη
• Translator English - Afrikaans: stof
• Translator English - Swedish: damm
• Translator English - Norwegian: støv

10 QUOTES WITH «DUST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dust.

1

Steven Adler

Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again.

2

Berthold Auerbach

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

3

Barnabe Barnes

A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.

4

Syd Barrett

I'm full of dust and guitars.

5

Standing Bear

There is one God, and He made both Indians and white men. We were all made out of the dust of the earth.

6

William Bernbach

An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.

7

Annie Besant

The divine life is the spirit in everything that exists, from the atom to the archangel; the grain of dust could not be were God absent from it; the loftiest seraph is but a spark from the eternal fire, which is God. Sharers in one life all form one brotherhood. The immanence of God, the solidarity of man, such are the basic truths of theosophy.

8

Algernon H. Blackwood

And if thought and emotion can persist in this way so long after the brain that sent them forth has crumpled into dust, how vitally important it must be to control their very birth in the heart, and guard them with the keenest possible restraint.

9

Art Blakey

Music is supposed to wash away the dust of everyday life.

10

Richard Parks Bland

Any political party that undertakes to do it will, in God's name, be trampled, as it ought to be trampled, into the dust of condemnation, now and in the future.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUST»

Discover the use of dust in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dust and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness

How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? And why do we value it so highly? In Soul Dust, the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, proposes a startling new theory.

Nicholas Humphrey, 2011

Dust

Brilliantly inventive, frighteningly authentic, Dust is a pulse-pounding reading experience that will leave readers gasping for breath as its heroes confront the final destiny of their species.

Charles R. Pellegrino, 1999

Words in the Dust

Hoping for a better life after the Taliban are driven from her Afghanistan home, Zulaikha dreams of getting along better with her difficult stepmother and having her cleft palate fixed before encountering intimidating changes in the form of ...

Trent Reedy, 2011

Dust

In Dust, Scarpetta and her colleagues are up against a force far more sinister than a sexual predator who fits the criminal classification of a “spectacle killer.” The murder of Gail Shipton soon leads deep into the dark world of ...

Patricia Cornwell, 2013

Dust: A History of the Small and the Invisible

A history of this minute particle spans a thousand years of Western civilization, from the naturalism of the medieval period through the intensely curious Renaissance, to the modern worlds of nanotechnology and viral research.

Joseph A. Amato, 2001

Dust

Because at the hub of their turning world waits Jacob Dust, all that remains of God, following the vapor wisp of the angel. And he knows they will meet very soon. From the Paperback edition.

Elizabeth Bear, 2007

Kiss the Dust

Tara is an ordinary teenager.

Elizabeth Laird, 2008

Intruder in the Dust

An aging black who has long refused to adopt the black's traditionally servile attitude is wrongfully accused of murdering a white man. From the Trade Paperback edition.

William Faulkner, 2011

Dust

In response to the stark reality of children around the world dying from starvation, and from natural disasters over which we have no control, thirteen internationally famous artists created a book, the royalties earned being donated to the ...

Colin Edward Thompson, 2007

Out of the Dust

This gripping story, written in sparse first-person, free-verse poems, is the compelling tale of Billie Jo's struggle to survive during the dust bowl years of the Depression.

Karen Hesse, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dust is used in the context of the following news items.

Particles from Saharan dust cloud over Houston pose hazards to …

They do thin out as they cross the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, but there are still enough fine dust particles left to ... «KTRK-TV, Jul 15»

Student Dust Counter Provides Clues About Solar System

Our solar system began as flecks of star-created gas and dust that drew together to form our sun, the planets ... and us. And there was plenty of ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»

Luke Bryan promises to 'Kick the Dust Up' at Vanderbilt

Luke Bryan is the Academy of Country Music's and the Country Music Association's reigning Entertainer of the Year — the top honor awarded ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»

Another One Bites The Dust! Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & LAUSD Pull …

At this rate, it doesn't seem like Donald Trump's golf courses are going to see much action. That's because the Los Angeles Unified School ... «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»

Dust Devils hold off Volcanoes in Northwest League series finale

The Tri-City Dust Devils pulled ahead with a five-run sixth inning and beat the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 9-7 in the finale of their Northwest ... «Mid Columbia Tri City Herald, Jul 15»

Gathering Dust

So… while GBP/USD basically followed expectations by weakening to target areas against the dollar, both EUR/USD and USD/CHF snubbed ... «Investing.com, Jul 15»

Another one bites the dust: Acclaimed Chef dumps Donald Trump

Acclaimed chef José Andrés has cancelled plans to open a Spanish restaurant at the upcoming Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office ... «MSNBC, Jul 15»

Water park operator interrogated over New Taipei dust explosion

Formosa Fun Coast chairman Chen Po-ting was interrogated at a New Taipei police station on Wednesday as police try to figure out who was ... «WantChinaTimes, Jul 15»

Dust Devil

... Lisa Road, Suite 125, Tucson, AZ 85741 or email to [e-mail]. Dust Devil, 70-word short stories, are due Friday, Noon. «Tucson Weekly, Jul 15»

$100 fitness trackers gather dust after novelty wears off

About a third of fitness trackers get abandoned after six months, one research firm estimates. Abandoned fitness trackers means fewer ... «The State, Jul 15»