dusts
/dʌsts/ · noun
Meaning
- Fine particles
- The act of cleaning by dusting.
- The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
- The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
- Something worthless.
- A low or mean condition.
- To remove dust from.
- To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
- Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
- To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid.
- To leave; to rush off.
- To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.
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