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Dusting
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noun
1.
earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
2.
a cloud of finely powdered earth or other matter in the air.
3.
any finely powdered substance, as sawdust.
4.
the ground; the earth's surface.
5.
EXPANDthe substance to which something, as the dead human body, is ultimately reduced by disintegration or decay; earthly remains.
6.
7.
a low or humble condition.
8.
anything worthless.
9.
disturbance; turmoil.
10.
11.
the mortal body of a human being.
12.
a single particle or grain.
13.
COLLAPSEArchaic. money; cash.
verb (used with object)
14.
to wipe the dust from: to dust a table.
15.
to sprinkle with a powder or dust: to dust rosebushes with an insecticide.
16.
to strew or sprinkle (a powder, dust, or other fine particles): to dust insecticide on a rosebush.
17.
to soil with dust; make dusty.
verb (used without object)
Idioms18.
to wipe dust from furniture, woodwork, etc.
19.
to become dusty.
20.
to apply dust or powder to a plant, one's body, etc.: to dust with an insecticide in late spring.
21.
bite the dust,
a.
to be killed, especially in battle; die.
b.
to suffer defeat; be unsuccessful; fail: Another manufacturer has bitten the dust.
22.
dust off,
a.
Baseball. (of a pitcher) to throw the ball purposely at or dangerously close to (the batter).
b.
to take out or prepare for use again, as after a period of inactivity or storage: I'm going to dust off my accounting skills and try to get a job in the finance department.
c.
to beat up badly: The gang of hoodlums dusted off a cop.
23.
leave one in the dust, to overtake and surpass a competitor or one who is less ambitious, qualified, etc.: Don't be so meek, they'll leave you in the dust.
24.
lick the dust,
a.
to be killed; die.
b.
to humble oneself abjectly; grovel: He will resign rather than lick the dust.
25.
EXPANDmake the dust fly, to execute with vigor or speed: We turned them loose on the work, and they made the dust fly.
26.
shake the dust from one's feet, to depart in anger or disdain; leave decisively or in haste, especially from an unpleasant situation: As the country moved toward totalitarianism, many of the intelligentsia shook the dust from their feet.
27.
COLLAPSEthrow dust in someone's eyes, to mislead; deceive: He threw dust in our eyes by pretending to be a jeweler and then disappeared with the diamonds.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English dūst; cognate with German Dunst vapor
before 900; Middle English; Old English dūst; cognate with German Dunst vapor
Related forms
dust·less, adjective
re·dust, verb (used with object)
un·dust·ed, adjective
well-dust·ed, adjective
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dust
O.E. dust, from P.Gmc. *dunstaz, from PIE *dheu- with a sense of "smoke, vapor" (cf. Skt. dhu- "shake," L. fumus "smoke"). The verb means both "to sprinkle with dust" (1590s) and "to rid of dust" (1560s). Sense of "to kill" is U.S. slang first recorded 1938 (cf. bite the dust under bite).
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