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Middle English dust from Old English dūst

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dust (uncountable)

  1. fine, dry particles of matter

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Infinitive
to dust

Third person singular
dusts

Simple past
dusted

Past participle
dusted

Present participle
dusting

to dust (third-person singular simple present dusts, present participle dusting, simple past and past participle dusted)

  1. (transitive) to remove dust from
    The cleaning lady needs a stool to dust the cupboard.
  2. (intransitive) to remove dust; to clean by removing dust
    Dusting always makes me cough.
  3. (intransitive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth
  4. (transitive) to spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid
    The mother dusted her baby's bum with talcum powder.

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[edit] Norwegian

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Back-formation of dustet, from Old Norse dust (dust particle)

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dust m. (definite singular dusten; indefinite plural duster; definite plural dustene)

  1. dork, moron, tool
  2. dust

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[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *dunst- (dust, vapor) from Proto-Indo-European *dheu- (vapor, smoke). Akin to Old Dutch doest, donst (Dutch duist), German tunst, dunst "blowing wind, storm" (German Dunst), Low Saxon dust "dust", Icelandic dust "dust", Norwegian dust "dust", Danish dyst

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dūst n.

  1. dust; powder; mill dust

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Singular Plural
nominative dūst dūst
accusative dūst dūst
genitive dūstes dūsta
dative dūste dūstum

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dust (n)

  1. dust particle