1.earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
2.a cloud of finely powdered earth or other matter in the air.
3.any finely powdered substance, as sawdust.
4.the ground; the earth’s surface.
5.the substance to which something, as the dead human body, is ultimately reduced by disintegration or decay; earthly remains.
7.a low or humble condition.
8.anything worthless.
9.disturbance; turmoil.
10. gold dust.
11.the mortal body of a human being.
12.a single particle or grain.
13.Archaic. money; cash.
–noun
1.a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.
2.a special form or variety of this liquid, as rain.
3.Often, waters. this liquid in an impure state as obtained from a mineral spring: Last year we went to Marienbad for the waters.
4.the liquid content of a river, inlet, etc., with reference to its relative height, esp. as dependent on tide: a difference of 20 feet between high and low water.
5.the surface of a stream, river, lake, ocean, etc.: above, below, or on the water.