Definition
dust: dry dirt in the form of gray powder (found in your house when you don't clean often)
No-one has cleaned this table for months. It's covered in dust.
to dust: to remove dust and dirt using a cloth
I dusted the house today. It's very clean now.
dusty: full of, covered in dust
The computer is dusty as it hasn't been cleaned for a long time.
- "It's a little dusty, but it's nothing some aerosol spray and sponge can't fix."
- "Horatio : Joan Wayne, you can't stay in this dirty, dusty Old West all your life."
- "Estate agent : Yes, as you can smell, the apartment has been unoccupied for some time now, so there is a little dust."
- "Horatio : There is no dust."
- "Especially Norton, I think he's allergic to dust."
- "And I also would like to add that your wig is very distinguished, and grey, and dusty-"
- "you eliminate the sound of crackling by wiping the dust from the record and needle with a cloth."
- "Horatio : So, the hard disk is the hard drive on the desktop on the top of the desk with no dust!"
- "Dust them off, buy yourself a record player and have a listen."
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