SWARF Synonyms

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• free microscopic particles of solid material

• remove the dust from

• rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape

• cover with a light dusting of a substance

• distribute loosely

• anything regarded as making something unclean

• make soiled, filthy, or dirty

• a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone

• fortitude and determination

• cover with a grit

• clench together

• matter that remains after something has been removed

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• the trait of wasting resources

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

• dispose of

• run off as waste

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• spend extravagantly

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• cause to grow thin or weak

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become physically weaker

• a piece broken off or cut off of something else

• a broken piece of a brittle artifact

• an incomplete piece

• break or cause to break into pieces

• (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

• a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions

• a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs

• the act of removing hair with a razor

• a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

• the act of brushing against while passing

• the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

• act of changing in practice or custom

• a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe

• a movement in a new direction

• the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe

• the activity of shaping something on a lathe