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Definition: Dust |
DustNoun1. Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust". 2. The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. 3. Free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust". Verb1. Remove the dust from, as of furniture. 2. 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". 3. Cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread with flour". 4. Distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon.". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dust" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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19th Century Satire | Mud with the juice squeezed out. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Aerospace | In meteor terminology, finely divided solid matter, with particle sizes in general smaller than micrometeorites, as meteoric dust, meteoritic dust. (references) |
Bible | Dust Storms of sand and dust sometimes overtake Eastern travellers. They are very dreadful, many perishing under them. Jehovah threatens to bring on the land of Israel, as a punishment for forsaking him, a rain of "powder and dust" (Deut. 28:24). To cast dust on the head was a sign of mourning (Josh. 7:6); and to sit in dust, of extreme affliction (Isa. 47:1). "Dust" is used to denote the grave (Job 7:21). "To shake off the dust from one's feet" against another is to renounce all future intercourse with him (Matt. 10:14; Acts 13:51). To "lick the dust" is a sign of abject submission (Ps. 72:9); and to throw dust at one is a sign of abhorrence (2 Sam. 16:13; comp. Acts 22:23). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of dust covering you, denotes that you will be slightly injured in business by the failure of others. For a young woman, this denotes that she will be set aside by her lover for a newer flame. If you free yourself of the dust by using judicious measures, you will clear up the loss. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Environment | Finely powdered matter which can be suspended in air or other gases. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Solid particulate matter in disperse phase in a carrier gas. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Pollutant consisting of solid particles of various dimensions and origin which can normally remain suspended in a gas for some time; cf. aerosol, flue gas. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | Solid pesticide formulation in which the active ingredient is incorporated into, or coated on, a solid carrier, such as refined clay. Dusts, because of the cost of transporting large volumes of product, are often produced as dust concentrates, which can be further diluted near the site of application. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Dust Money; so called because it is made of gold-dust. It is said that Dean Swift took for the text of a charity sermon, "He who giveth to the poor, lendeth to the Lord." Having thrice repeated his text, he added, "Now, brethren, if you like the security, down with your dust." That ended his sermon. Dust. The wild Irish peasantry believe that dust is raised on roads by fairies on a journey, and raise their hats to it, saying, "God speed you, gentlemen." The Arabs think the whirlwind and waterspout are caused by evil jinns. I'll dust your jacket for you. Give you a good beating. The allusion is to dusting carpets, etc., by beating them with a stick. To raise a dust, To kick up a dust. To make a commotion or disturbance. To throw dust in one's eyes. To mislead. The allusion is to a Mahometan practice of casting dust into the air for the sake of "confounding" the enemies of the faith. This was done by Mahomet on two or three occasions, as in the battle of Honein; and the Koran refers to it when it says, "Neither didst thou, O Mahomet, cast dust into their eyes; but it was God who confounded them." But the following incident will suffice: One day the Koreishites surrounded the house of Mahomet, resolved to murder him. They peeped through the crevice of his chamber-door, and saw him lying asleep. Just at this moment his son-in-law Ali opened the door silently and threw into the air a handful of dust. Immediately the conspirators were confounded. They mistook Ali for Mahomet, and Mahomet for Ali; allowed the prophet to walk through their midst uninjured, and laid hands on Ali. No sooner was Mahomet safe, than their eyes were opened, and they saw their mistake. "When the English king pursued the Imaum who had stolen the daughter of Allah, Allah threw dust in his eyes to check his pursuit." - Legend at Gori (respecting the beauty of the Georgians). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Medicine | Some of the argot names for cocaine: C, Cecil, Coke, dust, happy-dust, heaven-dust, and stardust. . . . . lady snow: cocaine. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | See:ash. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | DUST. Money. Down with your dust; deposit the money. To raise or kick up a dust; to make a disturbance or riot: see BREEZE. Dust it away; drink about. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Dust is a general name for minute solid particles of diameters less than 500 micrometers (otherwise see sand or granulates) and, more generally, for finely divided matter. On Earth, dust occurs in the atmosphere from various sources: soil dust lifted up by wind, volcanic eruptions, and pollution are some examples. Dust is also widely present in outer space (see interstellar dust and Zodiacal light), where gas and dust clouds are primary precursors for planetary systems.
The dust which collects in homes is composed of the atmospheric dust combined with the dust generated by the inhabitants, mostly from sloughed skin cells and fibers from clothing and coverings. It is removed with a broom, dusting cloth, or vacuum cleaner.
Dust physical behaviour follows laws that are not always comparable with that of solid or fluid matter. For example the pressure on a box full of dust need not be uniform (See physics of granulate matter for explanation).
See also: dust storm.
From His Dark Materials- the substance of angels and the soul, from a Biblical pun; Dust, in Pullman's novels, is semi-intelligent. When a person dies, their soul is released and dissolves into dust. Dust is what gives people free will and endows them with emotions and creativity.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dust."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Episode name: DustEpisode number: 48
Season: 2
Original airdate: January 6, 1961
Writer: Rod Serling
Director: Douglas Heyes
Notable cast members: Thomas Gomez, Vladimir Sokoloff, John Larch
Episode Summary:
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DUST | English | Data communicationcontrol unit | Computing |
| DU | English | Dust | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: DustSynonyms: debris (n), detritus (n), junk (n), rubble (n), disperse (v), dot (v), scatter (v), sprinkle (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Corpse | Noun: corpse, corse, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiae, remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay; mummy; carrion; food for worms, food for fishes; tenement of clay this mortal coil. |
Levity | Feather, dust, mote, down, thistle, down, flue, cobweb, gossamer, straw, cork, bubble, balloon; float, buoy; ether, air. |
Money | Currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece, hard cash, cold cash; dollar, sterling coin; pounds shillings and pence; Ls.d.; pocket, breeches pocket, purse; money in hand, cash at hand; ready money, ready cash; slug, wad wad of bills, wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough; rhino, blunt, dust, mopus, tin, salt, chink; argent comptant; bottom dollar, buzzard dollar; checks, dibs. |
Pulverulence | Powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule; crumb, seed, grain; particle. (smallness); limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder; flocculi. |
Uncleanness | Dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff; sossle, sozzle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) It's got dust floating in it. (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) Well, I guess I'll just have to pick myself up, dust myself off, and throw myself right back down again (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) To the unbeliever, all signs are as dust in the wind (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco) All we are is dust in the wind, dude (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure; writing credit: Chris Matheson; Ed Solomon) | |
Lyrics | Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind (Dust in the Wind; performing artist: KANSAS) Hey Another one bites the dust (Another One Bites The Dust; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: John Deacon) Then dust yourself off and try again (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah) Did you dust off that Bible at home (Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning); performing artist: Alan Jackson) Wait until the dust settles (You Learn; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) | |
Clever | To remove dust from the eye, pull the eye down over the nose. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Handful of Dust (1974) Harry O: Such Dust As Dreams Are Made On (1973) Blue Dust (1966) The Gold Dust Bandit (1964) Desire in the Dust (1960) | |
Song Titles | DUST IN THE WIND (performing artist: Kansas ) Another One Bites The Dust (performing artist: Queen) | |
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 | When distinct burrow systems are apparent, fleas can be controlled with a duster using 0.5% permethrin, or other EPA registered insecticidal dust. Such actions are taken when epizootic areas are in close proximity to human populations. Credit: CDC. |  | Treating pets with insecticidal dust to kill fleas that could come into contact with humans can help control the spread of plague bacteria. Credit: CDC. |
 | Saharan Dust Plume as Big as Spain. Credit: NASA. |  | The Hubble telescope has snapped a nearly face-on view of a swirling disk of dust and gas ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Resembling a gigantic hubcap in space, a 3,700-light-year-wide dust disk encircles a ... Credit: NASA. |  | Columns of cool interstellar hydrogen gas and dust in M16, the Eagle Nebula. Credit: NASA. |
 | Closer view of the leftmost "pillar" of interstellar hydrogen gas and dust in M16, the Eagle Nebula. Credit: NASA. |  | "Dust ruts" - White 3/4 ton truck Astro Party of C. V. Hodges. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas Dust bowl surveying in Texas. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Dust Storm. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |
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| "Dust pan" by Jessica Poli Commentary: "Old dust pan. i remember having this thing when i was a baby." | "Fairy Dust" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "Some digital lenses, in the right lighting, will render the effect of a star filter." |
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 | Clean; clean off; clear; dry; dust; erase; mop; obliterate; remove; rub; sponge; swab; take away; towel; wash; squeak. | | Spray; atomize; diffuse; drizzle; dust; scatter; shoot; shower; smear; spatter; splash; spritz; squirt; throw around. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Benjamin Franklin | Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. |
Homer | But he, mighty man, lay mightily in the whirl of dust, forgetful of his horsemanship. |
Horace | We are but dust and shadow. |
Jacob Probst | You can't go through the mill without getting dust on you. |
Leighton | Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. |
Red Auerbach | Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. |
Shirley | Only the actions of the just smell sweet and blossom in the dust. |
Sir Thomas Browne | Time which antiquates antiquities, and hath an art to make dust of all things. |
Thomas Carlyle | The dust of controversy is merely the falsehood flying off. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Grants, promises, and oaths, are bonds that hold the Almighty: whatever some flatterers say to princes of the world, who all together, with all their people joined to them, are, in comparison of the great God, but as a drop of the bucket, or a dust on the balance, inconsiderable, nothing! (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | When the cloud of dust had cleared away, and the line was once more visible, we saw with thankful hearts that the child and his deliverer were safe |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | They saw the staggering jewels of the night in their infinite dust and their minds sang with fear |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | In part, therefore, the attachment which I speak of is the mere sensuous sympathy of dust for dust |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The hens are scattering the dust with their beaks |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The tenant men squatted down on their hams again to mark the dust with a stick, to figure, to wonder |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Nay, sometimes the floor is strewn with dust on purpose, when the person to be admitted happens to have powerful enemies at court |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I would rather sit in the open air, for no dust gathers on the grass, unless where man has broken ground |
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Health | Lower temperatures will not kill dust mites. (references) | |
Many people with asthma are allergic to dust mites. (references) | ||
Water is often the secret to effective dust removal. (references) | ||
Business | Less than half of rural enterprises meet national dust and poison standards. (references) | |
The air pollution-monitoring network continuously measures six atmospheric pollutants including dust and sulfur dioxides. (references) | ||
According to the Air Quality Preservation Act, emission standards have been set for 26 substances including sulfur dioxide, SO2, NOX, coarse dust (TSP), offensive odors and so forth. (references) | ||
Economic History | Algeria | Dust and sandstorms occur most frequently between February and May. (references) |
Haiti | Further, dust, potholes, and the generally poor condition of the roads gives rise to a brisk auto repair sector. (references) | |
Benin | Grass dries up, the vegetation turns reddish brown, and a veil of fine dust hangs over the country, causing the skies to be overcast. (references) | |
Trade | Ireland | Other items subject to import licensing requirements include coal and lignite fuel, a few products from the chemical and related industries, specified iron and steel products, various textiles and textile products, natural and synthetic precious and semi-precious stones and dust, zinc (plate, sheet, strip, and foil), and controlled items such as arms and munitions. (references) |
Travel | Yemen | The greatest threat comes from automobile accidents, although Sanaa's altitude (over 7,200 ft.), dryness, and dust may bother some people. (references) |
Kuwait | U.S. business visitors to Kuwait encounter few health problems apart from coping with the extreme heat and dust storms during the summer months. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Poland | Standards for exposure to chemicals, dust, and noise are exceeded routinely. (references) |
China | In other sectors, less than half of rural enterprises meet national dust and poison standards. (references) | |
El Salvador | Some of the largest plants have dust control, air conditioning, on-site medical facilities, and enforced safety regimes. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails, They all were good, for all were males. But when the Devil came and saw He said: "By Thine eternal law Of growth, maturity, decay, These all must quickly pass away And leave untenanted the earth Unless Thou dost establish birth" -- Then tucked his head beneath his wing To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing With deviltry did so accord, That he'd suggested to the Lord. The Master pondered this advice, Then shook and threw the fateful dice Wherewith all matters here below Are ordered, and observed the throw; Then bent His head in awful state, Confirming the decree of Fate. From every part of earth anew The conscious dust consenting flew, While rivers from their courses rolled To make it plastic for the mould. Enough collected (but no more, For niggard Nature hoards her store) He kneaded it to flexible clay, While Nick unseen threw some away. And then the various forms He cast, Gross organs first and finer last; No one at once evolved, but all By even touches grew and small Degrees advanced, till, shade by shade, To match all living things He'd made Females, complete in all their parts Except (His clay gave out) the hearts. "No matter," Satan cried; "with speed I'll fetch the very hearts they need" -- So flew away and soon brought back The number needed, in a sack. That night earth range with sounds of strife -- Ten million males each had a wife; That night sweet Peace her pinions spread O'er Hell -- ten million devils dead! G.J. |
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George Bush | 1989-1993 | Joes and Janes, all the ones who fought faithfully for freedom, who hit the ground and sucked the dust and knew their share of Horror. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Previous government reform reports gathered dust. |
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| "Dust" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.92% of the time. "Dust" is used about 2,653 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.92% | 2,518 | 3,604 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 4.44% | 118 | 29,674 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.53% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.11% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,653 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "dust" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dust | Last name | 170 | 40,863 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "dust". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Epher | N/A | Biblical | Dust |
| Ephron | N/A | Biblical | Dust |
| Ophrah | N/A | Biblical | Dust |
| Oprah | N/A | English | Dust |
| Ofer | N/A | Jewish | Dust |
| Ofra | N/A | Jewish | Dust |
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Expressions using "dust": allergenic dust ♦ allow the dust to settle ♦ alveolar dust ♦ angel dust ♦ atomic dust ♦ beat the dust out of ♦ bite the dust ♦ blowing dust ♦ bone dust ♦ Brick dust ♦ chalk dust ♦ cloud of dust ♦ coal dust ♦ colloid dust ♦ Copple dust ♦ Cosmic Dust ♦ cover with dust ♦ covered with dust ♦ crumble into dust ♦ Cupel dust ♦ diamond dust ♦ Down with the dust ♦ drifting dust ♦ dry as dust ♦ dust and ashes ♦ dust arrester ♦ dust bag ♦ dust boot ♦ dust bowl ♦ Dust brand ♦ dust cloth ♦ dust cloud ♦ dust coat ♦ dust collector ♦ dust color ♦ dust colour ♦ dust consumption ♦ dust contamination ♦ dust cover ♦ dust devil ♦ dust down ♦ dust extracting plant ♦ dust filter ♦ dust granuloma ♦ dust haze ♦ dust hole ♦ dust in the balance ♦ dust jacket ♦ dust like ♦ dust mask ♦ dust mop ♦ dust off ♦ dust one's jacket for him ♦ dust out ♦ dust pan ♦ dust respirator ♦ dust sheet ♦ dust smb.'s jacket ♦ dust storm ♦ dust trap ♦ dust tuff ♦ dust whirl ♦ dust wrapper ♦ Fig dust ♦ flue dust ♦ Fonder's dust ♦ gather dust ♦ gold dust ♦ grain of dust ♦ gravimetric dust sampler ♦ haul dust ♦ Heaven dust ♦ In dust and ashes ♦ in the dust ♦ inert dust ♦ interplanetary dust ♦ iron dust lung ♦ it turned to dust ♦ kick up a dust ♦ kick up the dust ♦ kiss the dust ♦ lick the dust ♦ make a dust ♦ make a lot of dust ♦ make the dust fly ♦ Malt dust ♦ meteoric dust ♦ nonfibrogenic dust ♦ nothing but dust ♦ Owens jet dust counter ♦ particle of dust ♦ radioactive dust ♦ rag dust ♦ raise a dust ♦ raise dust ♦ raise or kick up dust ♦ raise the dust ♦ removing dust ♦ respirable dust ♦ respirable dust sampler ♦ return to dust. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dust": dust-air, dust-back, dust-back pitch, dust-bag, dust-bin, dust-bins, dust-blown, dust-blue, Dust-bowl, dust-cart, dust-caused, dust-cloak, dust-cloud, dust-clouds, dust-cover, dust-covered, dust-covers, dust-darkened, dust-devils, dust-dry, dust-explosion, dust-filled, dust-flecked, dust-free, dust-gas, dust-grimy, dust-heaps, dust-heat, dust-hole, dust-jacket, dust-jackets, dust-laden, dust-laying, dust-lifting, dust-like, dust-man, dust-masks, dust-misted, dust-motes, dust-nebula, dust-pan, Dust-point, dust-press, dust-presses, dust-proof, dust-raising, dust-red, dust-rims, dust-sheet, dust-sheeted, dust-sheets, dust-shot, dust-shovelling, dust-size, dust-smelling, dust-stained, dust-stiffened, dust-storm, dust-storms, dust-trap, dust-up, dust-wrap, dust-wrapper, dust-wreathed. | |
Ending with "dust": chalk-dust, coal-dust. | |
Containing "dust": house-dust-mite. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dust | 962 | dust cover | 65 |
dust mite | 565 | city devil dust tri | 58 |
dust in the wind | 417 | dust devil | 56 |
dust in lyrics wind | 295 | dust mite allergy | 56 |
dust collector | 277 | sevin dust | 55 |
dust bowl | 267 | the dust brother | 55 |
dust in tab wind | 210 | out of the dust | 52 |
dust control | 164 | dust allergy | 49 |
dust mask | 125 | bottle dust | 41 |
dust collection | 115 | dust mop | 41 |
dust ruffle | 104 | cyclone dust collector | 39 |
another one bite the dust | 101 | gold dust | 39 |
honey dust | 94 | chord dust in wind | 38 |
dust buster | 86 | dust bag | 37 |
dust in kansas wind | 80 | another bite dust lyrics one | 36 |
dust guitar in tab wind | 78 | brake dust | 36 |
dust in kansas lyrics wind | 77 | dust for life | 36 |
dust collection system | 68 | circle of dust | 35 |
fairy dust | 67 | dust storm | 35 |
seven dust | 66 | dust extraction | 34 |
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| Language | Translations for "dust"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afstof. (various references) | |
Albanian | dhe (and, dirt, earth, Glebe, grit, ground, ground color, ground colour, land, Mold, mould, muck, soil), trazim (agitation, commotion, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, disturbance, elaboration, fidget, flurry, fluster, flutter, immixture, kneading, melange, mixing, mixture, perturbation, poke, turbidity, turbulence), rrëmujë (alarm, bustle, clutter, disarray, disorder, disturbance, farrago, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, litter, mess, mix up, moil, muss, pandemonium, pell mell, pie, pother, roistering, snafu, tangle, topsy turvy, topsy-turvydom, tumble, upheaval, upset, welter), pluhur (dried, flour, grit, powder), plehra (garbage, mullock, offal, offscourings, recrement, refuse, rejectamenta, rubbish, sweeping, sweepings, tailings, trash, waste), gjë pa vlerë (dud, fiddlesticks, garbage, lemon, peanuts, picayune), fshij pluhurin. (various references) | |
Arabic | تربة (earth, ground, soil), رش (asperse, besprinkle, dabble, powder, spatter, spirt, splash, splatter, spray, spraying, sprinkle, squirt), رذ (drizzle), رماد (ash, cinder, powder), إضطراب (coil, disorder, distraction, disturbance, flurry, flutter, ill, nervousness, perturbation, ramp, rout, ruction, ruffle, topsy turvy, topsy-turvydom, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, uproar), إنتظر هدوء أمور, الهباء الجوي (aerosol), شىء تافه (bagatelle, bauble, bosh, damn, duffer, fluff, frivolity, froth, gewgaw, hog, joke, piffling, small beer, tripe, triviality), ضعة (inferiority, vileness, villainy), هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), تغبر, غبر (pollinate), غبار (drift, powder), نفض الغبار (flick), نفض الغبار عن, هباء (chaos, vanity), جتة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | смърт (curtains, death, decease, demise, departure, divide, doom, dying, end, ending, exit, expiration, fatality, fate, grave, happy release, last, passing, quietus, tomb), смет (dirt, litter, mullock, offal, raffle, refuse, rejectamenta, rubbish, sweepings), тленни останки (relics, reliquiae), къпя се в праха, напрашвам, бърша прах (sweep up), бъркотия (bungle, clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disturbance, farrago, fuss, hash, havoc, huddle, hugger mugger, hurry-scurry, imbroglio, involution, involvement, jumble, jungle, maze, melee, mess, mess up, mishmash, mix, mix up, muddle, muss, patchwork, pell mell, razzle, razzle-dazzle, rout, salmagundi, skein, snafu, tangle, tumble, uproar, upset, welter), прах (fug, mould, powder), прашец (bloom), поръсвам (dredge, perfuse, powder, sift, sprinkle), пари (cash, chink, currency, dough, dross, funds, kale, loot, money, needful, pelf, pile, pocket, purse, ready, rhino, scratch, shiners, smart, splosh, stuff, tin, vapor, vapour, wad, wampum). (various references) | |
Catalan | pols. (various references) | |
Chinese | 粉 (powder), 灰塵 , 埃 (angstrom, dirt), 土 (couch for two, earth), 坌 (bring together), 尘土, 壒 (mud), 塵土 , 塵 (dirt, earth). (various references) | |
Czech | prach (coverts, powder, smother), oprášit (dust off, revamp). (various references) | |
Danish | støv (grit). (various references) | |
Dutch | stof (cloth, material, matter, stuff, subject, substance, theme, topic). (various references) | |
Esperanto | senpolvigi, polvo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | dust. (various references) | |
Farsi | پاشیدن(مثل گرد), گردگیری کردن , گردوخاک , غبار (Film, Mist), تراب , ذره (Ace, Bit, Corpuscle, Grain, Iota, Jot, Nip, Particle, Scruple, Shred, Speck, Vestige, Whit), خاکه , خاک (Clod, Dirt, Earth, Grit, Ground, Land, Soil, Terrafirma, Territory), ریختن (Disgorge, Found, Infuse, Infusion, Lave, Pour, Shed, Strew). (various references) | |
Finnish | pöly (ashes, cinders, dusts), tomu (ashes, remains). (various references) | |
French | poussière, poudre (happy- dust). (various references) | |
Frisian | ôfstofje. (various references) | |
German | Staub (grit, powder), abstauben (cadge, dust off, to dust, tuck the ball away). (various references) | |
Greek | σκόνη (dirt, powder). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לאבק (powder, pulverize, raise dust), לנקות מאבק, שחק (powder), עפר (dirt, earth, soil), אפר (ash, nothingness), אבק (powder). (various references) | |
Hungarian | por (candy, powder). (various references) | |
Indonesian | duli, debu (grit), membulu-bulu (wipe off), asahan (shavings), abu (ash). (various references) | |
Italian | polvere (powder). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 風塵 (worldly affairs), 黄塵 , 粉塵 , 煙塵 (battle scene, smokestack smoke), 埃 , 土埃 , 汚物 (dirt, garbage), 塵埃 (dirt, this drab world), 塵 (dirt, garbage, rubbish, trash). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おぶつ (dirt, garbage), ふうじん (wind god, worldly affairs), ふんじん (impetuous dash forward), つちぼこり, ほこり (pride), こうじん (appreciative, artisan, cloud of dust, craftsman, future generations, god of a cooking stove, laborer, mundane world, obliged, passer-by, pleased, posterity, public character, rear guard, reserve troops, second class, second fiddle, straw figure, tracked powder, traveler, workman), じんあい (benevolence, charity, dirt, love, this drab world), ちりほこり (dirt, this drab world), ちり (dirt, geography), えんじん (ape man, battle scene, circle, eunuch, misanthropy, ring, smokestack smoke). (various references) | |
Korean | 먼지 (Dirt). (various references) | |
Malay | debu. (various references) | |
Manx | stoor, poodyral (powder), joaney, glenney (act of vindication, chip, clarification, clarification honey, clarify, clean, cleaner, clearance; glass, discharge, draw, draw as fowl, expurgate, freshen, grub, pay off, purge, purification, purify, rid, satisfaction, scale, scavenge, settlement, sink, try out, try out as metal, weed, wipe), gamylt 'sy joan. (various references) | |
Maya | chuulub (dust cloth), chuul (to dust). (various references) | |
Norwegian | støv. (various references) | |
Papiamen | puiru, puiro. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ustday.(various references) | |
Polish | odkurzać, kurz. (various references) | |
Portuguese | poeira (dirt), pó (clay, cosmetic powder, earthenware, fug). (various references) | |
Romanian | prãfui (cover with dust), şterge praful de pe, bani (cash, chink, dough, Jack, kale, lucre, means, money, purse, rhino, the furniture of one's pocket), biştari, brumã (Hoar, hoar-frost, rime, smattering), colb, colbãraie, curãţa (brush, brush up, burnish, clean, cleanse, clear, demolish, do, dredge, dress, furbish, Gill, grub, mop, mop up, pick, purge, purify, refine, rid, rinse, scavenge, scoop, scour, scrub, skin, trim, wash, wipe), gologan (doit, farthing, tin), oseminte (bones, remain), ţãrânã (clay, clod, eart |
