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Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : duhst |
Phonetic Transcription : dʌst |
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Définition of dust
Origin :- Old English dust, from Proto-Germanic *dunstaz (cf. Old High German tunst "storm, breath," German Dunst "mist, vapor," Danish dyst "milldust," Dutch duist), from PIE *dheu- (1) "dust, smoke, vapor" (cf. Sanskrit dhu- "shake," Latin fumus "smoke"). Meaning "that to which living matter decays" was in Old English, hence, figuratively, "mortal life."
- noun tiny particles in the air
- verb sprinkle tiny particles
- Mauburn felt the rock foundations of Manhattan Island to be crumbling to dust.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I'd worked wid my mouf full of dust, but could not stop to get a drink of water.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- I'd level straightway with the dust, and with it sink our shame.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The making it difficult is part of the dust the Caucasian throws in his own eyes.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- 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.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- There is nothing luminous, transparent, or delicate about dust.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
- If the delicate redness of the sky is not caused by dust, what is it caused by?
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
- How high from the surface of the ground has this dust been gathered--at what elevation?
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
- I shook the dust of Canada from my feet, and have never regretted it.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- It seemed too bright for a thing formed of dust, and doomed to crumble into dust again.
- Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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