dust
remove the dust from
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,384 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,272 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- remove the dust from dust the cabinets
- 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
- cover with a light dusting of a substance dust the bread with flour
- distribute loosely also: scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse He scattered gun powder under the wagon
noun
- fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air the furniture was covered with dust
- the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up also: debris, junk, rubble, detritus
- free microscopic particles of solid material astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust
dust in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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When they were mere dust, Christian rose.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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He shook from his feet as he rode away The dust of the Massachusetts Bay.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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To pleasure his dainty whim; And the mouldering dust that years have made Is a merry meal for him.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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The light of dawn fell on a heap of gray dust, a few brassy looking particles showing here and there.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 02 · Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner · Chapter 1