Dagens Engelsk ord

dust

damm

Definitioner

Engelsk > Engelsk

dust

1. n. 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. n. The act of cleaning by dusting.

3. n. (obsolete) A single particle of earth or other material.

4. n. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.

5. n. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.

6. n. (figurative) Something worthless.

7. n. (figurative) A low or mean condition.

8. n. (slang) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).

9. n. (colloquial) A disturbance or uproar.

to raise, or kick up, a dust

10. n. (mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.

11. v. To remove dust from.

The cleaning lady needs a stool to dust the cupboard.

12. v. (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.

Dusting always makes me cough.

13. v. (intransitive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.

14. v. To spray or cover something with fine powder or liquid.

The mother dusted her baby's bum with talcum powder.

15. v. (chiefly US slang) To leave; to rush off.

16. v. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.

Svenska > Engelsk

damm

1. n-n. dust

2. n-c. dam; pond, pool

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Exempelmeningar

Here's one full of dust.
Ashes and dust, that's all.
You're nothing but a handful of dust in my hand.
So much dust from nuclear explosions that the sun can't get through.
It is as if he has been covered by a fine coating of dust.

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cow	razor blade	band	desert
screwdriver	sap	crowbar	chalk
door	talk	day	shelf
valley	drummer	hail	corner

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jeans	eat	can	wasp
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bee	keyboard	soap	scientist
swamp	wave	thick	wood

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