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What does dust mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
  2. (countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
  3. (obsolete) A single particle of earth or other material.
  4. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
  5. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
  6. (figuratively) Something worthless.
  7. (figuratively) A low or mean condition.
  8. (slang, dated) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
  9. (mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To remove dust from.
  2. (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.
  3. (intransitive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.
  4. (transitive) To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid.
  5. (chiefly US slang) To leave; to rush off.
  6. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.
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