Dust
Dust consists of particles in the atmosphere that come from various sources such as soil dust lifted by weather (an Aeolian process), volcanic eruptions, and pollution. Dust in homes, offices, and other human environments contains small amounts of plant pollen, human and animal hairs, textile fibers, paper fibers, minerals from outdoor soil, human skin cells, burnt meteorite particles and many other materials which may be found in the local environment.
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... Dust pneumonia describes disorders caused by excessive exposure to dust storms, particularly during the Dust Bowl in the United States ... A form of pneumonia, dust pneumonia results when the lungs are filled with dust, inflaming the alveoli ... The dust pneumonia was featured in the work of several musicians and artists of the day, such as Woody Guthrie's song "Dust Pneumonia Blues" ...
... novel by far, the semi-autobiographical Ask the Dust is the second book in what is now referred to as "The Saga of Arturo Bandini" or "The Bandini Quartet" ... first novel Fante wrote but it was unpublished until 1985), Ask the Dust (1939) and, finally, Dreams from Bunker Hill (1982) ... Ask the Dust has been referred to over the years as a monumental Southern California/Los Angeles novel by many (e.g ...
... -they dust- ran away cave- The children ran into the cave because of the dust storm ... away) was carried out in order to avoid the dust storm, tjurtu- ...
... Dry, windy weather sends clouds of dust across south-eastern Australia A pale brown plume of dust sweeps out of Argentina’s Pampas A thick dust plume over Kuwait and the north-western tip of the Persian Gulf ...
... is caused by long exposure to coal dust ... miners and others who work with coal, similar to both silicosis from inhaling silica dust, and to the long-term effects of tobacco smoking ... Inhaled coal dust progressively builds up in the lungs and is unable to be removed by the body that leads to inflammation, fibrosis, and in worse cases, necrosis ...
More definitions of "dust":
- (verb): Remove the dust from.
Example: "Dust the cabinets"
- (noun): Free microscopic particles of solid material.
Example: "Astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
- (noun): The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.
Synonyms: debris, junk, rubble, detritus
- (noun): Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air.
Example: "The furniture was covered with dust"
- (verb): Rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape.
Example: "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"
Famous quotes containing the word dust:
“Could slavery suggest a more complete servility than some of these journals exhibit? Is there any dust which their conduct does not lick, and make fouler still with its slime?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“‘All that was, seemed as if it had been not;
And all the gazer’s mind was strewn beneath
Her feet like embers; and she, thought by thought,
‘Trampled its sparks into the dust of death;”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“Dust rises from the main road and old Délira is stooping in front of her hut. She doesn’t look up, she softly shakes her head, her headkerchief all askew, letting out a strand of grey hair powdered, it appears, with the same dust pouring through her fingers like a rosary of misery. She repeats, “we will all die”, and she calls on the good Lord.”
—Jacques Roumain (1907–1945)