dust
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
the furniture was covered with dust
Types & categories
- particulate hypernym
- chalk dust hyponym
- fallout hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
remove the dust from
dust the cabinets
Types & categories
- clean hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image
Types & categories
- smudge hypernym
Related & opposite
- junk derivation
Sense 5 noun
free microscopic particles of solid material
astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust
Types & categories
- material hypernym
- interplanetary dust hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
cover with a light dusting of a substance
dust the bread with flour
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
Related & opposite
- dust derivation
Sense 7 verb
distribute loosely
He scattered gun powder under the wagon
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- strewing derivation
- scatter derivation
- sprinkling derivation
- dust derivation
- diffusinga derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dust |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dusty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | particulate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chalk dust |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fallout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dustcloth |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dust |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | remove |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | clean |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dust |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scrap |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | trash |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | slack |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | junk |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | smudge |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dust |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | material |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | interplanetary dust |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dust |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkling |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | dust |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | diffusinga |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | discharge |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | spray |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | spray |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | spatter |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | splash |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bespangle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | aerosolize |