dust

dust
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noun
ADJECTIVE
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
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verb
Dust is used with these nouns as the object: ↑furniture

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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