· fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust"

Hypernym(s): particulate, particulate_matter

· the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

Synonym(s): debris, junk, rubble, detritus

Hypernym(s): rubbish, trash, scrap

· free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"

Hypernym(s): material, stuff

· remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"

Hypernym(s): clean, make_clean

· 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"

Hypernym(s): smear, blur, smudge, smutch

· cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread with flour"

Hypernym(s): cover

· distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

Synonym(s): scatter, sprinkle, dot, disperse

Hypernym(s): discharge