Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word dust. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in dust.
Definitions and meaning of dust
dust
Etymology
From Middle Englishdust, doust, from Old Englishdūst(“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 Scotsdust, dist(“dust”), Dutchduist(“pollen, dust”) and dons(“down, fuzz”), GermanDust(“dust”) and Dunst(“haze”), Swedishdust(“dust”), Icelandicdust(“dust”), Latinfūmus(“smoke, steam”). Also related to Swedishdun(“down, fluff”), Icelandicdúnn(“down, fluff”). See down.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dʌst/
Rhymes: -ʌst
Homophone: dost
Noun
dust (countable and uncountable, pluraldusts)
Fine particles.
(uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
(uncountable) Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
(uncountable, astronomy) Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
(uncountable, Australia, slang, dated) Flour.
(countable, obsolete) A single fine, dry particle of earth or other material; grain of dust.
(countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
(countable) The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
(poetic) Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
The earth as the resting place of the dead.
The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
(figurative) The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
(figurative) Something worthless.
(figurative) A low or mean condition.
(British, colloquial) Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
(slang, dated) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
(countable) A cloud of dust.
(countable, figurative) A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
(countable, colloquial) A fight or row.
(countable, mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
(cryptocurrencies) Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Russian: дуст(dust)
Translations
Verb
dust (third-person singular simple presentdusts, present participledusting, simple past and past participledusted)
(transitive) To remove dust from.
(intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
(transitive, archaic) To make dusty, to soil with dust.
(intransitive or reflexive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
(transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.
(transitive) To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.
(intransitive, chiefly US slang) To leave quickly; to rush off.
(transitive, obsolete) To drink up quickly; to toss off.
(transitive, obsolete) To reduce to a fine powder; to pulverize, to levigate.
(transitive, now colloquial or dialectal) To strike, beat, thrash.
(transitive, chiefly US slang) To defeat badly, to thrash.
(transitive, chiefly US slang) To kill.
(transitive, baseball) To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.
(cryptocurrencies) To attempt to identify the owner of (a cryptocurrency wallet) by sending tiny amounts of cryptocurrency.
Derived terms
dust bunny
dust down
duster
dust off
dust up
dust someone's jacket
undust
Translations
See also
vacuum cleaner
Anagrams
UDTs, duts, stud
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norsedust.
Noun
dustn (genitive singulardusts, uncountable)
dust
Declension
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norsedust.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʏst/
Rhymes: -ʏst
Noun
dustn (genitive singulardusts, no plural)
dust
Synonyms:ryk, duft
Declension
Middle English
Alternative forms
doust, duste, doste, dyste
Etymology
Forms with a long vowel are from Old Englishdūst, from Proto-Germanic*dunstą. Forms with a short vowel are from Old English*dust, from Proto-Germanic*dustą.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dust/, /duːst/
Noun
dust (uncountable)
dust, powder
dirt, grit
(figurative) iota, modicum
Related terms
dusten(rare)
dusty
Descendants
English: dust
Scots: dust, dist
References
“dū̆st, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Back-formation of dustet, from Old Norsedust (dust particle)
From Proto-Germanic*dunstą(“dust, vapour”), from Proto-Indo-European*dʰew-(“vapour, smoke”). Akin to Hindiधुआं(dhuā̃, “smoke”), Middle Dutchdost, donst, duust (Dutchdons, duist), Old High Germantunst, dunst (GermanDunst), Low Germandust, Icelandicdust, Norwegiandust, Danishdyst.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /duːst/
Noun
dūstn
dust; powder; mill dust
Declension
Descendants
Middle English: dust, doust
English: dust
Scots: dust, dist
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*dustą.
Noun
dustn
dust particle
Descendants
Icelandic: dust
Faroese: dust
Norwegian: dust
Swedish: dust
Danish: dyst
References
“dust”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Englishdust.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /t̪us̪t̪/
Noun
dustm (genitive singulardust, no plural)
dust
Usage notes
Also used figuratively for corpse.
Synonyms
duslach
stùr
Derived terms
dustach
dustaig
dustair
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedishdust, duster, diost, from Middle Low Germandust, diost, from Old Frenchjoste, juste, from Latinjuxta. Cognate of Danishdyst, Frenchjoute.
Noun
dustc
a joust
(figuratively) a (minor) verbal or physical confrontation, a bout, a tussle, a run-in
Declension
References
dust in Svensk ordbok (SO)
dust in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
dust in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
dust in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Zazaki
Noun
dust
side; one half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.