Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Covered or filled with dust.
- adjective Consisting of or resembling dust; powdery.
- adjective Tinged with gray.
- adjective Timeworn; stale.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, covered with granulations simulating dust.
- Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; reduced to dust; clouded with dust: as, a dusty road; dusty matter; dusty windows.
- Like dust; of the hue of dust; clouded: as, a dusty white or red.
- Covered with minute, dust-like scales, as the wings of a butterfly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; ; also, reducing to dust.
- adjective Like dust; of the color of dust.
- adjective (Bot.) a plant (
Cineraria maritima ); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Covered with
dust . - adjective
powdery and resembling dust - adjective
gray /grey in parts
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with a layer of dust
- adjective lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
Etymologies
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Examples
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The rest have been sitting in dusty archives in the form of negatives, slides, glass plates, etchings, and prints.
Websites Maxine 2009
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Gane (7501) will be sent to Stalag as the Doctor forbids work in dusty conditions.
Work Camp 11086 GW 2010
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But when you ride in dusty conditions, always use an Outerwear or K&N precharger.
Tip of the Day: Choosing the Right Air Filter Cassandra 2009
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Clerks in dusty stores moved with the majestic inertia of tall ships becalmed.
Michael Winship: Washington and Change: Cash You Can Believe In Michael Winship 2010
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Elena's brother Heraclio, a husky fellow in dusty jeans and black jersey, had now arrived at the house, taking a break from his construction job to translate the interview and explain the needlepoint technique.
A Michoacan tradition: the needlework artistry of Hermelinda Reyes 2009
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He stopped at a lonesome table specializing in dusty Afro Beat records and placed the rare one he sought under the needle of his machine.
Alex Vadukul: An Annual Music Hajj in New York Alex Vadukul 2010
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-- Glenn Gannon stood in dusty, steel-toed boots and white hard hat on the grassy dike at Lake Okeechobee, one of the biggest lakes in America and one of the most worrisome.
Joseph B. Treaster: Florida Lake: Could It Kill Again? Joseph B. Treaster 2010
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-- Glenn Gannon stood in dusty, steel-toed boots and white hard hat on the grassy dike at Lake Okeechobee, one of the biggest lakes in America and one of the most worrisome.
Joseph B. Treaster: Florida Lake: Could It Kill Again? Joseph B. Treaster 2010
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-- Glenn Gannon stood in dusty, steel-toed boots and white hard hat on the grassy dike at Lake Okeechobee, one of the biggest lakes in America and one of the most worrisome.
Joseph B. Treaster: Florida Lake: Could It Kill Again? Joseph B. Treaster 2010
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Clerks in dusty stores moved with the majestic inertia of tall ships becalmed.
Michael Winship: Washington and Change: Cash You Can Believe In Michael Winship 2010
scarequotes commented on the word dusty
Spotted in a "no dusties allowed" phrase, where "dusty" apparently means a man who isn't marriage material, or who can't provide for a woman, or who is full of empty promises.
January 24, 2024