"gather dust" meaning in English

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          "text": "Since he bought the book, it's just been sitting on the bookshelf and gathering dust.",
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          "text": "As we contemplate the half-finished arterial roads and electrification plans of our own age, and the town-planning schemes that gather dust in the public libraries, we can admire the drive and action of the railway pioneers.",
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        "To remain unused for a long period of time."
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "verstoffen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "pölyttyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "pölyyntyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "prendre la poussière"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "verstauben"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "prendere polvere"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "zbierać kurz"
        },
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          "word": "zebrać kurz"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pylítʹsja",
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            "imperfective"
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          "word": "пыли́ться"
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          "roman": "zapylítʹsja",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "verstoffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "pölyttyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "pölyyntyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "prendre la poussière"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "verstauben"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "prendere polvere"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "zbierać kurz"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "zebrać kurz"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pylítʹsja",
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      "word": "пыли́ться"
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      "roman": "zapylítʹsja",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "запыли́ться"
    }
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  "word": "gather dust"
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