"dust" meaning in English

See dust in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dʌst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Exilexi-dust.wav, en-us-dust.ogg [US] Forms: dust [singular], dusts [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Dust is a thin powder that can be seen in the air or on a surface.
    Sense id: simple-dust-en-noun-Wjdk0KuM

Verb

IPA: /dʌst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Exilexi-dust.wav, en-us-dust.ogg [US] Forms: dust [canonical], dusts [third-person, singular], dusted [past], dusted [past, participle], dusting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you dust something, you remove dust from it.
    Sense id: simple-dust-en-verb-N0BBrzIK
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