- dust
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ fine▪ airborne▪ radioactive▪ house, household▪ desert (esp. AmE)▪ cosmic, moon▪ brick (esp. BrE), chalk, coal, gold, etc.▪ fairy, magic, pixie (esp. AmE)… OF DUST▪ cloud, layer▪
The tractor came up the track in a cloud of dust.
▪There was a layer of fine dust on the table.
▪ particle, speck▪Remove any particles of dust on the surface of the paint.
▪microscopic specks of dust
VERB + DUST▪ collect, gather▪Her chess set lay on a shelf gathering dust.
▪ be covered in, be covered with▪ brush, remove, shake, sweep, sweep up, wipe▪He brushed the dust off his clothes.
▪She shook the dust from her hair.
▪ blow▪The wind was blowing dust through the streets of the city.
DUST + VERB▪ lie▪The dust now lay in a thick layer on her piano.
▪ coat sth, cover sth▪Dust covered the whole shelf.
▪ settle▪The dust settled on everything in the kitchen.
▪I waited for the dust to settle from her resignation before talking to her about it. (figurative)
▪ blow, float, fly, swirl▪Dust swirled around them like a misty cloud.
▪ fall, rise▪ fill sth▪He started coughing as dust filled his lungs.
▪ clear▪The dust cleared and Hari could see a tiger.
DUST + NOUN▪ cloud▪ grain, mote (old-fashioned), particle▪ storm▪ ball, bunny (= a mass of dust and small pieces of hair, thread, etc.) (informal) (both AmE)▪ devil (= a small column of dust over land, caused by the wind)▪ bowl▪ mite▪a house dust mite
▪ cover (esp. AmE), sheet (BrE) (= for furniture, etc.)▪ cover (esp. AmE), jacket (= of a book)▪ mask{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbDust is used with these nouns as the object: ↑furniture
Collocations dictionary. 2013.