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{{also|Dust|ďüst}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|Dust (disambiguation)}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰewh₂-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|dust}}, {{m|enm|doust}}, from {{inh|en|ang|dūst||dust, dried earth reduced to powder; other dry material reduced to powder}}, from the fusion of {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dustą||dust}} and {{m|gem-pro|*dunstą||mist, dust, evaporation}}, both from {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰewh₂-||to smoke, raise dust}}.

Cognate with {{cog|sco|dust}}, {{m|sco|dist||dust}}, {{cog|nl|duist||pollen, dust}} and {{m|nl|dons||down, fuzz}}, {{cog|de|Dust||dust}} and {{m|de|Dunst||haze}}, {{cog|sv|dust||dust}}, {{cog|is|dust||dust}}, {{cog|la|fūmus||smoke, steam}}. Also related to {{cog|sv|dun||down, fluff}}, {{cog|is|dúnn||down, fluff}}. See {{l|en|down}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/dʌst/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Exilexi-dust.wav}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʌst|s=1}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-dust.ogg|a=US}}
* {{homophones|en|dost}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# [[fine|Fine]] [[particle]]s.
## {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[fine|Fine]], [[dry]] [[particle]]s of [[matter]] found in the air and [[cover]]ing the [[surface]] of [[object]]s, typically [[consist]]ing of [[soil]] [[lift]]ed up by the wind, [[pollen]], [[hair]], etc.
##* {{quote-journal|en|date=2022 September 7|title=East-West track laying heads westwards|journal=RAIL|issue=965|page=37, photo caption|text=There is so much '''dust''' released during the process of laying ballast that the trackside operator wears a full face mask with respirator.}}
## {{lb|en|uncountable}} Any [[substance]] [[reduce]]d to fine particles; [[powder]].
## {{lb|en|uncountable|astronomy}} [[submicron|Submicron]] particles in [[outer space]], largely [[silicate|silicates]] and [[carbon]] [[compound]]s, that [[contribute]] greatly to [[extinction]] at [[visible]] [[wavelength]]s.
##* {{quote-journal|en|date=June 29, 2020|journal=BBC News|titleurl=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53218658|title=Betelgeuse: Nearby ‘supernova’ star’s dimming explained|author=Paun Rincon|passage=Astronomers have previously considered that '''dust''' produced by the star was obscuring it, causing the steep decline in brightness.}}
## {{lb|en|uncountable|occupational health}} [[disintegration|Disintegration]] of a [[solid]], like [[silica]].
## {{lb|en|uncountable|Australia|slang|dated}} [[flour|Flour]].
## {{lb|en|countable|obsolete}} A single fine, dry particle of earth or other material; [[grain]] of dust.
##* {{RQ:Shakespeare Richard 2|act=II|scene=iii|passage=to touch a '''dust''' of England’s ground}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} The act of [[clean]]ing by dusting.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Joan Busfield; Michael Paddon|title=Thinking About Children: Sociology and Fertility in Post-War England|page=150
|passage={{...}}once they start school, I mean you can do a room out one day, the next day it only needs a '''dust''', doesn’t it?}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} The act of [[sprinkle|sprinkling]] dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
# {{lb|en|poetic}} [[earth|Earth]], [[ground]], [[soil]], [[sediment]].
#* {{RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam|XXXV|54|But I should turn mine ears and hear<br>The moanings of the homeless sea,<br>⁠The sound of streams that swift or slow<br>⁠Draw down Æonian hills, and sow<br>The '''dust''' of continents to be; {{...}}}}
# The earth as the [[resting place]] of the [[dead]].
#* {{RQ:King James Version|Job|7|21|passage=For now shall I sleep in the '''dust'''.}}
# The [[earthy]] [[remains]] of [[body|bodies]] once [[alive]]; the remains of the [[human]] [[body]].
#* {{RQ:Tennyson Poems 1842|volume=II|poem=St. Simeon Stylites|page=62|passage=For I will leave my relics in your land, / And you may carve a shrine about my '''dust''', / And burn a fragrant lamp before my bones, / When I am gather’d to the glorious saints.}}
# {{lb|en|figurative}} The [[substance]] of the human body or [[mortal]] [[frame]].
# {{lb|en|figurative}} Something [[worthless]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare King John|act=III|scene=i|passage=And by the merit of vile gold, dross, '''dust'''.}}
# {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[low]] or [[mean]] [[condition]].
#* {{RQ:King James Version|1 Samuel|2|8|passage=[God] raiseth up the poor out of the '''dust'''.}}
# {{lb|en|Britain|colloquial}} [[rubbish|Rubbish]], [[garbage]], [[refuse]].
# {{lb|en|slang|dated}} [[cash]]; [[money]] (in reference to [[gold dust]]).
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1852|author=George Colvocoresses|title=Four Years in a Government Exploring Expedition|passage=‘And what do you ask for it?’ ‘Fifteen thousand dollars.’ ‘I’ll take it.’ ‘Then down with the '''dust'''.’}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} A [[cloud]] of dust.
# {{lb|en|countable|figurative}} A [[tumult]], [[disturbance]], [[commotion]], [[uproar]].
#: {{ux|en|to raise, or kick up, a '''dust'''}}
# {{lb|en|countable|colloquial}} A [[fight]] or [[row]].
# {{lb|en|countable|mathematics}} A totally [[disconnected]] [[set]] of [[point]]s with a [[fractal]] structure.
# {{lb|en|cryptocurrency}} Tiny amounts of [[cryptocurrency]] left over after a [[transaction]] due to [[rounding error]].

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en
|angel dust
|antidust
|Asian dust|bark dust|coal dust|dust kitten|dust kitty|dust shot|monkey dust|return to dust|space dust
|beat the dust
|bedust
|bite the dust
|brake dust
|[[bull dust]], [[bulldust]]
|bust the dust|extraterrestrial dust|tobacco dust juice
|Cantor dust
|catch dust
|coaldust
|come down with one's dust|magic dust
|come down with the dust
|cosmic dust
|copple dust
|cupel-dust
|devil's dust
|diamond dust|bread dust|shake the dust from one's feet|shake the dust from one's sandals
|down with one's dust|brickdust|chalkdust|dedust|dustable|dustbag|dustboard|dustbox|dustbug|dustcloth|dustfall|dusthead|dustheap|dustling|dustmat|dustout|dustperson|dustrag|microdust|moondust|overdust|sanderdust
|down with the dust
|dry as dust
|dustball
|[[dustbath]], [[dust bath]]
|dustbathe
|[[dustbin]], [[dust bin]]
|Dust Bowl
|dust-brand
|dustbrush
|dust buster
|dust cap
|dustcart
|dustcloud
|dustcoat
|dust-collector
|[[dust-colored]], [[dust-coloured]]
|dust contractor
|dustcover
|dust devil
|[[dustbowl]], [[dust bowl]]
|dust box
|dust bunny
|dust filter
|[[dust-free]], [[dustfree]]
|dust heap of history
|[[dust hole]], [[dusthole]]
|dust jacket
|dustless
|dustlike
|dustman
|dust mask
|dust mite
|dustmote
|dust mouse
|dust-out
|dustpan
|dustpile
|dustproof
|dust-ridden
|dust ruffle
|dust settles
|dustsheet
|duststorm
|dust trap
|dust-up
|dustwoman
|dustwrapper
|dusty
|eat my dust
|eat someone's dust
|eraser dust
|fairy dust
|fugitive dust
|gather dust
|gold dust
|goofer dust
|jack-of-the-dust
|kick up dust
|kiss the dust
|lay the dust
|leave for dust
|leave someone in the dust
|lick the dust
|make the dust fly
|malt dust
|milldust
|nanodust
|nondust
|not see someone for dust
|pixie dust
|sawdust
|shake off the dust from one's feet
|sleepy dust
|[[smart dust]], [[smartdust]]
|smelter dust
|stardust
|termination dust
|the dust settles
|throw dust in someone's eyes
|turn to dust
|van Stockum dust
|[[whoofle dust]], [[woofle dust]]
|zodiacal dust
|collect dust|dhobi dust|dust bag|dust cart|dust cloth|dust cover|dust storm|dust-off|feather-dust|fig-dust|gold-dust|sleepy-dust|small rain lays great dust}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ru|дуст|bor=1}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|fine, dry particles}}{{multitrans|data=
* Acehnese: {{t|ace|abee}}
* Afrikaans: {{tt+|af|stof}}
* Akkadian: {{tt|akk|𒅖|tr=epru‹m›}}
* Albanian: {{tt+|sq|pluhur|m}}
* Arabic: {{tt+|ar|غُبَار|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{tt|arz|تراب|m|tr=turāb}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{tt|acw|غُبار|m|tr=ḡubār}}, {{tt|acw|تُراب|m|tr=turāb}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{tt|ary|غبار|tr=ḡbār}}
* Armenian: {{tt+|hy|փոշի}}
* Aromanian: {{tt|rup|pulbiri|f}}, {{tt|rup|pulbire|f}}
* Assamese: {{tt|as|ধূলি}}
* Asturian: {{tt+|ast|polvu|m}}
* Azerbaijani:
*: Abjad: {{t|az|توز|tr=tōz}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|az|toz}}
* Baluchi: {{tt|bal|ہاک|tr=hák}}
* Bashkir: {{tt|ba|саң}}, {{tt|ba|туҙан}}
* Basque: {{tt|eu|hauts}}
* Belarusian: {{tt|be|пыл|m}}, {{tt|be|по́рах|m}}
* Bengali: {{tt+|bn|ধূলি}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|धूल}}
* Bikol Central: {{tt+|bcl|alpog}}
* Breton: {{tt|br|poultr}}, {{tt+|br|poultrenn}}
* Brunei Malay: {{tt|kxd|abuk}}
* Budukh: {{tt|bdk|руг}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|прах|m}}
* Burmese: {{tt+|my|ဖုန်}}
* Buryat: {{tt|bua|тооһон}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|pols|f}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|abog}}
* Chamicuro: {{tt|ccc|ijpe}}
* Chechen: {{tt|ce|чан}}
* Chichewa: {{tt|ny|fumbi}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{tt|yue|灰塵|tr=fui1 can4}}, {{tt|yue|塵|tr=can4}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|чынтў}}, {{t|dng|хуэйтў}}, {{t|dng|тонтў}}, {{t|dng|тў}}
*: Mandarin: {{tt+|cmn|灰|tr=huī}}, {{tt+|cmn|灰塵|tr=huīchén}}, {{tt+|cmn|塵土|tr=chéntǔ}}
* Chuvash: {{tt|cv|тусан}}
* Cornish: {{tt|kw|doust}}
* Corsican: {{tt|co|polvara}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{tt|crh|toz}}
* Czech: {{tt+|cs|prach|m}}
* Dalmatian: {{tt|dlm|pulvro|f}}
* Danish: {{tt+|da|støv|n}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|stof|n}}
* Eastern Bontoc: {{tt|ebk|tapok}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|ḫmw|h=x-m-w-TAw-Z3}}
* Erzya: {{t|myv|пуль}}
* Esperanto: {{tt+|eo|polvo}}
* Estonian: {{tt+|et|tolm}}
* Evenki: {{tt|evn|на̄мнэ}}
* Ewe: {{tt|ee|fúfu|m}}
* Faroese: {{tt+|fo|dust|n}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pöly}}, {{tt+|fi|tomu}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|poussière|f}}
* Friulian: {{tt|fur|polvar|m}}
* Gagauz: {{tt|gag|тоз}}
* Galician: {{tt+|gl|pó|m}}, {{tt+|gl|voaxa|f}}, {{t+|gl|foula|f}}, {{t|gl|purreiro|m}}, {{t|gl|queila|f}}, {{t+|gl|borralla|f}}
* Georgian: {{tt|ka|მტვერი}}
* German: {{tt+|de|Staub|m}}
* Gothic: {{tt|got|𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰|f}}, {{tt|got|𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌿𐍃|m}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|σκόνη|f}}
*: Ancient: {{tt|grc|κόνις|f}}, {{tt|grc|χοῦς|m}}, {{tt|grc|ἴκνυς|f}}
* Greenlandic: {{tt|kl|qasernerit}}
* Guaraní: {{tt|gn|yvytimbo}}
* Haitian Creole: {{tt|ht|pousyè}}
* Hawaiian: {{tt|haw|ʻehu}}
* Hebrew: {{tt+|he|אָבָק|m|tr=avák}}
* Higaonon: {{tt|mba|aliyabuk}}
* Hindi: {{tt+|hi|धूल|f}}, {{tt+|hi|धूलि|f}}, {{tt|hi|ख़ाक|f}}, {{tt+|hi|खाक|f}}, {{tt+|hi|धुलि|f}}, {{tt+|hi|गर्द|f}}
* Hungarian: {{tt+|hu|por}}
* Hunsrik: {{tt|hrx|Staab|m}}
* Icelandic: {{tt+|is|ryk|n}}
* Ilocano: {{tt|ilo|tapok}}
* Indonesian: {{tt+|id|debu}}, {{tt+|id|duli}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|pölly}}
* Ingush: {{tt|inh|дома}}
* Inuktitut: {{tt|iu|ᓴᓂᖅ}}
* Irish: {{tt+|ga|deannach|m}}, {{tt|ga|dusta|m}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|polvere|f}}
* Japanese: {{tt+|ja|埃|tr=ほこり, hokori}}, {{tt+|ja|ほこり|tr=hokori}}
* Javanese: {{tt+|jv|awu}}, {{tt+|jv|bledug}}, {{tt+|jv|lebu}}
* Kabardian: {{tt+|kbd|сабэ}}
* Kalmyk: {{tt|xal|тоосн}}
* Karo Batak: {{tt|btx|abu}}
* Kazakh: {{tt|kk|шаң}}
* Khakas: {{tt|kjh|тозын}}
* Khmer: {{tt+|km|ធូលី}}, {{tt+|km|ក្អែល}}, {{tt|km|ខ្ញម}}, {{tt+|km|ខ្សាច់}}
* Komi-Zyrian: {{t|kpv|бус}}
* Konkani: {{t|kok|धूळी|tr=dhūḷī}}
* Korean: {{tt+|ko|먼지}}, {{tt+|ko|흙}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{tt+|kmr|toz|f}}, {{tt+|kmr|xubar|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{tt+|ky|чаң}}
* Lao: {{tt|lo|ຝຸ່ນ}}, {{tt|lo|ຜົງ}}, {{tt|lo|ທຸລີ}}
* Latin: {{tt+|la|pulvis|m}}, {{tt|la|pollen|n}}
* Latvian: {{tt|lv|puteklis}}, {{tt|lv|putekļi|p}}
* Lezgi: {{tt|lez|руг}}
* Limburgish: {{tt|li|sjtöb|n}}
* Linngithigh: {{t|lnj|ibhi}}
* Lithuanian: {{tt|lt|dulkės|p}}
* Lombard: {{tt+|lmo|polver}}
* Low German: {{tt|nds|Stoff}}
* Lubuagan Kalinga: {{tt|knb|tapok}}
* Luxembourgish: {{tt+|lb|Stëbs|m}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|прав|m}}, {{tt|mk|пра́шина|f}}
* Malagasy: {{tt+|mg|jomoka}}
* Malay:
*: Jawi: {{tt+|ms|هابوق}}, {{tt|ms|دبو}}
*: Rumi: {{tt|ms|habuk}}, {{tt+|ms|debu}}
* Maltese: {{tt|mt|trab|m}}
* Manchu: {{tt|mnc|ᠪᡠᡵᠠᡴᡳ}}
* Manx: {{tt|gv|joan}}
* Maori: {{tt|mi|puehu}}, {{tt|mi|hungahunga}}
* Maranao: {{tt|mrw|lopapek}}
* Marathi: {{tt|mr|धूळ}}
* Mari:
*: Eastern Mari: {{t|mhr|пурак|f}}
*: Western Mari: {{t|mrj|пырак}}
* Mirandese: {{tt|mwl|polvra}}
* Moksha: {{t|mdf|пуль}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt+|mn|тоос}}
*: Mongolian: {{tt|mn|ᠲᠣᠭᠤᠰᠤ}}
* Nanai: {{tt|gld|бурэхи|tr=burexi}}
* Navajo: {{tt|nv|łeezh}}
* Neapolitan: {{tt|nap|povere|m}}
* Nepali: {{tt|ne|धुलो}}
* Northern Mansi: {{t-check|mns-nor|порс}} {{attention|mns-nor|check that this is Northern Mansi and not some other variety}}
* Northern Sami: {{tt|se|gavja}}
* Norwegian: {{tt+|no|støv|n}}, {{tt+|no|dust|f|n}}
* Occitan: {{tt|oc|polvèra|f}}
* Odia: {{tt|or|ଧୂଲା}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|cu|прахъ|m}}
* Old East Slavic: {{tt|orv|порохъ|m}}
* Old English: {{tt+|ang|dūst|n}}
* Old Khmer: {{tt|okz|ធូលី}}, {{tt|okz|ធុលិ}}
* Oromo: {{tt|om|awwaara}}
* Oroqen: {{tt|orh|tɔ:rag}}
* Ossetian: {{tt|os|рыг}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|توز|tr=toz}}, {{t|ota|تراب|tr=türâb}}
* Pali: {{tt|pi|dhūli}}
* Papiamentu: {{tt|pap|puiro}}
* Pashto: {{tt|ps|دوڼ|m|tr=dúṇ}}, {{tt|ps|ږږ|m|tr=ẓǝẓ}}, {{tt|ps|کسيا|f|tr=kasyã}}
* Persian: {{tt+|fa|خاک|tr=xâk}}, {{tt+|fa|گرد|tr=gard}}, {{tt+|fa|غبار|tr=ğabâr}}
* Polish: {{tt+|pl|kurz|m}}, {{tt+|pl|pył|m}}, {{tt+|pl|proch|m}} {{qualifier|dialectal}}
* Portuguese: {{tt+|pt|pó|m}}, {{tt+|pt|poeira|f}}
* Quechua: {{tt+|qu|allpa}}
* Rohingya: {{tt|rhg|dúl}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|praf|n}}, {{tt+|ro|pulbere|f}}, {{tt+|ro|colb|n}}
* Romansch: {{tt|rm|pulvra|f}}, {{tt|rm|puolra|f}}, {{tt|rm|polvra|f}}, {{tt|rm|puolvra|f}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|пыль|f}}, {{tt+|ru|прах|m}} {{qualifier|poetic}}
* Sanskrit: {{tt+|sa|धूलि|f}}, {{tt+|sa|रजस्|n|tr=rájas}}
* Sardinian: {{tt|sc|peure}}, {{tt|sc|piubare}}, {{tt|sc|piubere}}, {{tt|sc|piure}}, {{tt|sc|prubere}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|duslach|m}}, {{tt|gd|dust|m}}, {{tt|gd|stùr|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{tt|sh|прашина|f}}, {{tt|sh|прах|m}}
*: Roman: {{tt+|sh|prašina|f}}, {{tt+|sh|prah|m}}
* Sherpa: {{tt|xsr|རྡུལ}}
* Sicilian: {{tt+|scn|pruvulazzu|m}}, {{tt+|scn|pùrviri}}
* Sidamo: {{tt|sid|buko}}
* Sinhalese: {{tt|si|දූවිල්ල}}
* Slovak: {{tt|sk|prach|m}}
* Slovene: {{tt+|sl|prah|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{tt|dsb|proch|m}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{tt|hsb|proch|m}}
* Southern Kalinga: {{tt|ksc|tapuk}}, {{tt|ksc|kafu}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|polvo|m}}
* Sundanese: {{tt|su|kekebul}}
* Swahili: {{tt+|sw|kivumbi}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|damm|n}}, {{tt+|sv|stoft|n}}
* Tabasaran: {{t|tab|руг}}
* Tagalog: {{tt+|tl|alikabok}}, {{tt|tl|gabok}}
* Tajik: {{tt+|tg|чанг}}, {{tt+|tg|хок}}, {{tt|tg|ғубор}}
* Tatar: {{tt|tt|тузан}}
* Tausug: {{tt|tsg|bagunbun}}
* Telugu: {{tt+|te|దుమ్ము}}, {{tt+|te|ధూళి}}
* Tetum: {{tt|tet|ahun}}
* Thai: {{tt+|th|ฝุ่น}}, {{tt+|th|ผง}}, {{tt+|th|ธุลี}}
* Tibetan: {{tt|bo|ཐལ་བ}}, {{tt|bo|རྡུལ}}
* Tocharian B: {{tt|txb|spaitu}}, {{tt|txb|tweye}}
* Tswana: {{tt|tn|loupa}}
* Turkish: {{tt+|tr|toz}}
* Turkmen: {{tt|tk|çaň}}, {{tt|tk|toz}}
* Tuvan: {{tt|tyv|доозун}}
* Tuwali Ifugao: {{tt|ifk|dap-ul}}, {{tt|ifk|hupuk}}, {{tt|ifk|tapuk}}
* Udmurt: {{tt|udm|тузон}}
* Ugaritic: {{tt|uga|𐎓𐎔𐎗}}
* Ukrainian: {{tt|uk|пил|m}}, {{tt|uk|по́рох|m}}, {{tt|uk|ку́рява|f}}
* Unami: {{tt|unm|punkw}}
* Urdu: {{tt|ur|دهول|tr=dhūl}}
* Uyghur: {{tt|ug|چاڭ}}
* Uzbek: {{tt+|uz|chang}}
* Venetan: {{tt|vec|polvare}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|bụi}}
* Volapük: {{tt+|vo|püf}}
* Walloon: {{tt+|wa|poure|f}}, {{tt+|wa|poude|f}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|llwch|m}}, {{t|cy|pylor|m}}, {{t|cy|dwst|m}}
* West Frisian: {{tt|fy|stof|n}}
* White Hmong: {{t-needed|mww}}
* Yakut: {{tt|sah|быыл}}
* Yiddish: {{tt|yi|שטויב|m}}
* Zealandic: {{tt|zea|stof|m}}
* Zhuang: {{tt|za|hoi}}
* Zulu: {{tt|zu|uthuli|c11|c10}}
}}
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* Ido: {{t+check|io|polvo}}
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===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[remove]] dust from.
#: {{ux|en|The cleaning lady needs a stool to '''dust''' the cupboard.}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=12|passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,{{nb...}}, and all these articles{{nb...}} made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously '''dusted''' and greatly cherished.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
#: {{ux|en|'''Dusting''' always makes me cough.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To make [[dusty]], to [[soil]] with dust.
# {{lb|en|intransitive|or|reflexive}} Of a bird, to [[cover]] itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[spray]] or [[cover]] (something) with fine powder or liquid, to [[sprinkle]].
#: {{ux|en|The mother '''dusted''' her baby’s bum with talcum powder.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
# {{lb|en|intransitive|chiefly|US|_|slang}} To [[leave]] [[quickly]]; to [[rush]] off.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1939|author=w:Raymond Chandler|title=w:The Big Sleep|page=75|publisher=Penguin|year_published=2011
|passage=He added in a casual tone: ‘The girl can '''dust'''. I’d like to talk to you a little, soldier.’}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[drink up]] [[quickly]]; to [[toss off]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To reduce to a fine powder; to [[pulverize]], to [[levigate]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1667|author=w:Thomas Sprat|title=History of the Royal Society of London|passage=good Powder differs from bad {{...}}in having more Peter and less Coal; and lastly, in the well '''dusting''' of it}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|now|colloquial|or|dialectal}} To [[strike]], [[beat]], [[thrash]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|chiefly|US|_|slang}} To [[defeat]] [[badly]], to thrash.
# {{lb|en|transitive|chiefly|US|_|slang}} To [[kill]].
#* {{quote-av|en|title=w:The Terminator|year=1984|actor=w:Michael Biehn|role=Kyle Reese|location=Los Angeles, Calif.|publisher=w:Orion Pictures; distributed by [[w:MGM Home Entertainment|MGM Home Entertainment]]|year_published=1984|passage=<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Kyle Reese:</span> You have to be careful because the [Hunter-Killer robots] use infrared. They’re not too bright. John taught us ways to '''dust''' them.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|baseball}} To [[deliberately]] [[pitch]] a ball [[close]] to (a [[batter]]); to [[brush back]].
# {{lb|en|cryptocurrency}} To attempt to [[identify]] the [[owner]] of (a [[cryptocurrency]] [[wallet]]) by sending tiny amounts of cryptocurrency.

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|dust bunny}}
* {{l|en|dust down}}
* {{l|en|duster}}
* {{l|en|dust off}}
*{{l|en|dust out}}
* {{l|en|dust up}}
* {{l|en|dust someone's jacket}}
* {{l|en|undust}}
*{{l|en|undusted}}

====Related terms====
*{{l|en|crop-dust}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|(intransitive) to clean by removing dust}}{{multitrans|data=
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|бърша прах}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|desempolsar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt+check|cmn|打掃|tr=dǎsǎo}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|afstoffen}}
* Finnish: {{tt|fi|[[pyyhkiä]] [[pöly|pölyt]]}}, {{tt+|fi|pölyttää}}, {{tt+|fi|tomuttaa}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|épousseter}}
* German: {{tt+|de|entstauben}}, {{tt+|de|abstauben}}
* Greek: {{tt+|el|ξεσκονίζω}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|spolverare}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|бри́ше}}
* Norman: {{tt|nrf|êpousseter}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|odkurzać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|odkurzyć|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{tt|pt|desempoar}}
* Romanian: {{tt|ro|șterge praful}}, {{tt|ro|curăța praful}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|dustaig}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|desempolvar}}, {{tt|es|[[limpiar]] el [[polvo]]}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|damma}}
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{{trans-top|(transitive) to remove dust from}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt|bg|бърша прах}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|espolsar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{tt-check|cmn|[[擦]][[灰塵]]|tr=chā huīchén}}
* Dutch: {{tt+|nl|afstoffen}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|tomuttaa}}, {{tt+|fi|pölyttää}}
* German: {{tt+|de|entstauben}}, {{tt+|de|abstauben}}
* Italian: {{tt+|it|spolverare}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|бри́ше}}
* Portuguese: {{tt|pt|desempoar}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|allpanay}}
* Romanian: {{tt+|ro|scutura}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{tt|gd|dustaig}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|desempolvar}}, {{tt|es|[[limpiar]] el [[polvo]]}}
* Swedish: {{tt+|sv|damma}}
* Vietnamese: {{tt+|vi|phủi}}
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{{trans-top|of a bird, to cover itself in sand}}
* German: {{tt|de|[[ein]] [[Sandbad]] [[nehmen]]}}, {{tt|de|sandbaden}}
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{{trans-top|to spray something with fine powder or liquid}}
* Bulgarian: {{tt+|bg|поръсвам}}
* Catalan: {{tt+|ca|empolsar}}
* Finnish: {{tt+|fi|pölyttää}}
* French: {{tt+|fr|pulvériser}}
* German: {{tt+|de|pudern}}, {{tt+|de|bestauben}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|pöllyttää}}
* Irish: {{tt|ga|púdráil}}
* Macedonian: {{tt|mk|по́прска|pf}}, {{tt|mk|и́спрска|pf}}, {{tt|mk|пр́ска|impf}}
* Portuguese: {{tt|pt|empoar}}
* Quechua: {{tt|qu|allpachay}}, {{tt|qu|allpay}}
* Russian: {{tt+|ru|опылять}}
* Spanish: {{tt+|es|espolvorear}}
}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* Norman: {{t-check|nrf|chiffonner}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
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===See also===
* {{l|en|vacuum cleaner}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dstu|UDTs|duts|stud}}

{{C|en|Hygiene}}
{{cln|en|contranyms}}

==Faroese==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fo|non|dust}}.

===Noun===
{{fo-noun|n|dusts|-}}

# [[dust]]

====Declension====
{{fo-decl-noun-n3-s|dust}}

==Icelandic==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|is|non|dust}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|is|/tʏst/}}
* {{rhymes|is|ʏst|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{is-noun|n|dusts|-}}

# {{l|en|dust}}
#: {{syn|is|ryk|duft}}

====Declension====
{{is-decl-noun-n-s|d|u|st|pl=-}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|doust|duste|doste|dyste}}

===Etymology===
Forms with a long vowel are from {{inh|enm|ang|dūst}}, from {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*dunstą}}. Forms with a short vowel are from {{inh|enm|ang|*dust}}, from {{der|enm|gem-pro|*dustą}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/dust/|/duːst/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun|-}}

# {{l|en|dust}}, [[powder]]
# [[dirt]], [[grit]]
# {{lb|enm|figurative}} [[iota]], [[modicum]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|enm|dusten}} {{a|enm|rare}}
* {{l|enm|dusty}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|dust}}
* {{desc|sco|dust|dist}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=dū̆st |pos=n  |id=MED12863 |accessdate=2018-04-04}}

{{C|enm|Hygiene}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Etymology 1===
Back-formation of {{m|nb|dustet}}, from {{der|nb|non|dust}} (dust particle)

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-m1}}

# {{lb|nb|pejorative}} [[dork]], [[moron]], [[fool]]

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|nb|dustemikkel}}
* {{l|nb|tomsing}}
* {{l|nb|tosk}}
* {{l|nb|tufs}}
* {{l|nb|støv}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|nb|non|dust}}.

====Noun====
{{nb-noun-c}}

# {{l|en|dust}} (fine, dry particles)

===References===
* {{R:Dokpro|lang=nb}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology 1===
From {{der|nn|non|dust}} (dust particle), compare with {{m|nn|dustete}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-m1}}

# {{lb|nn|pejorative}} [[dork]], [[moron]], [[fool]]

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|nn|dustemikkel}}
* {{l|nn|tomsing}}
* {{l|nn|tosk}}
* {{l|nn|tufs}}
* {{l|nn|støv}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{der|nn|non|dust}}.

====Noun====
{{nn-noun-f1}}

# {{l|en|dust}} (fine, dry particles)

===References===
* {{R:Dokpro|lang=nn}}

==Old English==

===Etymology===
{{root|ang|ine-pro|*dʰew-}}
From {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*dunstą||dust, vapour}}, from {{der|ang|ine-pro|*dʰew-||vapour, smoke}}. Akin to {{cog|hi|धुआं|t=smoke}}, {{cog|dum|dost}}, {{m|dum|donst}}, {{m|dum|duust}} ({{cog|nl|dons}}, {{m|nl|duist}}), {{cog|goh|tunst}}, {{m|goh|dunst}} ({{cog|de|Dunst}}), {{cog|nds|dust}}, {{cog|is|dust}}, {{cog|no|dust}}, {{cog|da|dyst}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|dūst}}

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|head=dūst|n}}

# [[#English|dust]]; [[powder]]; [[mill dust]]

====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun-a-n|dūst}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|dust|doust}}
** {{desc|en|dust}}
** {{desc|sco|dust|dist}}

==Old Norse==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|non|gem-pro|*dustą}}.

===Noun===
{{non-noun|n}}

# [[#English|dust]] particle

====Descendants====
* {{desc|is|dust}}
* {{desc|fo|dust}}
* {{desc|no|dust}}
* {{desc|sv|dust}}
* {{desc|da|dyst}}

===References===
* {{R:Zoega}}

==Scottish Gaelic==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|gd|en|dust}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|gd|/t̪us̪t̪/}}

===Noun===
{{gd-noun|g=m|gen=dust|pl=-}}

# [[#English|dust]]

====Usage notes====
* Also used figuratively for [[corpse]].

====Synonyms====
* {{l|gd|duslach}}
* {{l|gd|stùr}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|gd|dustach}}
* {{l|gd|dustaig}}
* {{l|gd|dustair}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|sv|gmq-osw|[[dust]], [[duster]], [[diost]]}}, from {{der|sv|gml|[[dust]], [[diost]]}}, from {{der|sv|fro|[[joste]], [[juste]]}}, from {{der|sv|la|juxta}}. Cognate of {{cog|da|dyst}}, {{cog|fr|joute}}.

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# a [[joust]]
# {{lb|sv|figuratively}} a (minor) verbal or physical confrontation, a [[bout]], a [[tussle]], a [[run-in]]

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-er}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}
* {{R:runeberg.org|svetym|0195.html dust}}

==Zazaki==

===Noun===
{{zza-noun|c}}

# [[side]]; one half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
# to [[level]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|tr|dustê}}
* {{l|tr|dusta}}