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# dusty

adjective (dusty, dustier, dustiest)

«dusty» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Dusty means covered with dust, the dry powder of dirt that collects on things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#m1)
2. A dusty road or place is dry with lots of loose dirt in the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#m2)
3. Dusty can describe a dull, greyish colour, like dusty pink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life shelves, attics and old books get dusty and need wiping; dusty roads in the countryside or outback make clouds when cars pass. In stories a dusty room shows nobody has been there for a long time. In health lessons dust can make people with allergies or asthma sneeze or cough. Phrases: «dusty old books», «a dusty road», «dusty shelves».

### Examples

- The books in the attic were old and dusty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#x1)
- We drove along a dusty road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#x2)
- Please wipe the dusty shelves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#x3)
- His boots were dusty after the walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#x4)
- The empty house smelled dusty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#x5)
- Dusty air makes me sneeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#x6)
- She wore a dusty pink dress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#x7)
- Nobody had opened the dusty box for years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#x8)
- Two Travellers were walking along a bare and dusty road in the heat of a summer's day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/#x9)

### Note

Comparative: dustier, dustiest (y → i). Noun: dust; verb «to dust» oddly means to remove dust (dust the shelves) and also to sprinkle powder (dust a cake with sugar).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dusty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dusty/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dusty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dusty.html) on Mova free.