Definitions for dusts

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dusts dust

Spelling: [duhst]

IPA: /dʌst/

Dusts is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in dusts (dsstu).

Definitions for dusts

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. the substance to which something, as the dead human body, is ultimately reduced by disintegration or decay; earthly remains.
6. British. ashes, refuse, etc. junk1 (def 1).
7. a low or humble condition.
8. anything worthless.
9. disturbance; turmoil.
10. gold dust.
11. the mortal body of a human being.
12. a single particle or grain.
13. Archaic. money; cash.

Idioms

1. bite the dust, to be killed, especially in battle; die. to suffer defeat; be unsuccessful; fail:
2. dust off, Baseball. (of a pitcher) to throw the ball purposely at or dangerously close to (the batter). to take out or prepare for use again, as after a period of inactivity or storage: to beat up badly:
3. leave one in the dust, to overtake and surpass a competitor or one who is less ambitious, qualified, etc.:
4. lick the dust, to be killed; die. to humble oneself abjectly; grovel:
5. make the dust fly, to execute with vigor or speed:
6. shake the dust from one's feet, to depart in anger or disdain; leave decisively or in haste, especially from an unpleasant situation:
7. throw dust in someone's eyes, to mislead; deceive:

verb (used with object)

1. to wipe the dust from:
2. to sprinkle with a powder or dust:
3. to strew or sprinkle (a powder, dust, or other fine particles):
4. to soil with dust; make dusty.

verb (used without object)

1. to wipe dust from furniture, woodwork, etc.
2. to become dusty.
3. to apply dust or powder to a plant, one's body, etc.:

Origin of dusts

before 900; Middle English; Old English dūst; cognate with German Dunst vapor

Examples for dusts

Little ricochets of dust kicked into the face of a tall man in a tan shalwar kameez and prayer cap.

Mauburn felt the rock foundations of Manhattan Island to be crumbling to dust.

Estee Lauder has not crumbled to dust because the perfect brown face of Joan Smalls represents it.

Moreover, trucks, dust, and boomtown stress are the effects of any large-scale industrial activity.

The making it difficult is part of the dust the Caucasian throws in his own eyes.

I'd level straightway with the dust, and with it sink our shame.

The object may be as small as a grain of dust or as big as a warship; to the water it is all the same.

I'd worked wid my mouf full of dust, but could not stop to get a drink of water.

In visible light this star system is completely shrouded in dust, its details hidden.

That is a lot of air pollution, noise, and yet more kicking up of dust.