DUST

I. noun see: fume Date: before 12th century fine particles of matter (as of earth), the particles into which something disintegrates, 3. something worthless, a state of humiliation, 4. the earth especially as a place of burial, the surface of the ground, 5. a cloud of ~, confusion , disturbance , a single particle (as of earth), refuse ready for collection, ~less adjective ~like adjective II. verb Date: 1530 transitive verb to make ~y, to make free of ~ , 3. to sprinkle with fine particles , to sprinkle in the form of ~, to throw a fastball close to (a batter), to defeat badly (as in a race), intransitive verb to work ~ into the feathers, to remove ~, to give off ~