dust

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Fine particles.
2. Fine particles.
3. Fine particles.
4. (slang) Fine particles.
5. (obsolete) Fine particles.
6. The act of cleaning by dusting.
7. The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
8. Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
9. The earth as the resting place of the dead.
10. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
11. The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
12. Something worthless.
13. A low or mean condition.
14. (colloquial) Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
15. (slang) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
16. A cloud of dust.
17. A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
18. (colloquial) A fight or row.
19. A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
20. Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.

dirt

powder

cloud of dust

fine sand

brush away

shade off

sweep off

wipe dry

worldly affairs

this drab world

small pieces

smokestack smoke

battle scene

vaccuum

swab down

dust and sweep

minute dust

scaly residue

into smithereens

atom of dust

particle of dust

sprinkle with meal

what is swept away

flying dust

shake off the dust

powder spraying

wind and dust

Frekwensie

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/dʌst/

From Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust, dried earth reduced to powder; other dry material reduced to powder”), from the fusion of Proto-Germanic *dustą (“dust”) and *dunstą (“mist, dust, evaporation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Cognate with Scots dust, dist (“dust”), Dutch duist (“pollen, dust”) and dons (“down, fuzz”), German Dust (“dust”) and Dunst (“haze”), Swedish dust (“dust”), Icelandic dust (“dust”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”). Also related to Swedish dun (“down, fluff”), Icelandic dúnn (“down, fluff”). See down.

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