All dust synonyms
dust
D d verb dust
- sift β to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- spray β a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
- scatter β to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- dredge β Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
- spread β to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- powder β British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
- besprinkle β to sprinkle all over with liquid, powder, etc
- clean β Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- clean up β If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- wipe β to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of: He wiped the furniture with a damp cloth.
- brush β A brush is an object which has a large number of bristles or hairs fixed to it. You use brushes for painting, for cleaning things, and for tidying your hair.
- sprinkle β to scatter (a liquid, powder, etc.) in drops or particles: She sprinkled powder on the baby.
noun dust
- dirt β Design In Real Time
- sand β George [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dΚΙrdΚ;; French ΚΙrΚ/ (Show IPA), (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant) 1804β76, French novelist.
- earth β (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- soil β the act or fact of soiling.
- filth β offensive or disgusting dirt or refuse; foul matter: the filth dumped into our rivers.
- grime β dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- lint β minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- soot β a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- ashes β ruins or remains, as after destruction or burning
- cinders β Cinders are the black pieces that are left after something such as wood or coal has burned away.
- grit β abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- ground β the act of grinding.
- loess β a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- smut β a particle of soot; sooty matter.
adjective dust
- hazel β a female given name.
- umber β an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)
- mahogany β any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- puce β of a dark or brownish purple.
- russet β yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- henna β an Asian shrub or small tree, Lawsonia inermis, of the loosestrife family, having elliptic leaves and fragrant flowers.
- chestnut β A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
- chocolate β Chocolate is a sweet hard food made from cocoa beans. It is usually brown in colour and is eaten as a sweet.
- burnt sienna β a reddish-brown dye or pigment obtained by roasting raw sienna in a furnace
- sorrel β any of various plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, having edible acid leaves used in salads, sauces, etc.
- cocoa β Cocoa is a brown powder made from the seeds of a tropical tree. It is used in making chocolate.
- brown β Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
- toaster β a person who proposes or joins in a toast to someone or something.
- bister β a yellowish-brown to dark-brown pigment made from the soot of burned wood
- copper β Copper is reddish-brown metal that is used to make things such as coins and electrical wires.
- sepia β a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- ochre β to color or mark with ocher.
- terracotta β a hard, fired clay, brownish-red in color when unglazed, that is used for architectural ornaments and facings, structural units, pottery, and as a material for sculpture.
- khaki β dull yellowish brown.
- fawn β a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- cinnamon β Cinnamon is a sweet spice used for flavouring food.
- duster β a person or thing that removes or applies dust.